4.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Whitehorse - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Whitehorse - East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one third of workers in Whitehorse - East are professionals, marking a highly skilled workforce for the area. The local job market is stable, with unemployment and overall work participation sitting right around the national and state figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment fell 2.4 percentage points since 2011 to 59.1%, while the unemployment rate barely changed at 4.8%.
61.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.0%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.3% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 32.5% of the local workforce. Managers are the next largest group at 14.2%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 13.5% of jobs.
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 Whitehorse - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21104/whitehorse-east/topic/employment