4.9% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charles Sturt · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Charles Sturt
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Charles Sturt sits around the middle of similar areas for employment and job types. Most of the workforce is in full-time roles, with 62.3% of adults working or looking for work. This participation rate has risen 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%. While 59.0% of the workforce is employed full-time, this figure has fallen slightly by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
62.3% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 9.8% and education and training at 8.9%. Construction and public administration also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.0%. Clerical and administrative jobs follow at 14.3%, with managers, technicians, and community service workers all making up between 12% and 13% of the workforce.
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 Charles Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40401/charles-sturt/topic/employment