7.7% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Canterbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Canterbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Canterbury, where 13.4% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with the proportion of adults working or looking for work sitting far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. Full-time employment has fallen 13 points since 2011 to 48.9%, while the unemployment rate is 7.7%, a little above the national figure.
48.4% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from health care, the main industries for local workers are retail trade at 10.9%, followed by education and training and construction, both at 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%, with clerical and administrative roles following at 14.1% and managers at 11.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11902/canterbury/topic/employment