13.7% ▼ -49.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Airds · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Airds
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 Airds, where 18.5% of workers are in this field. The area faces significant employment challenges, with a very high unemployment rate of 13.7% compared to the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 35.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 45.9%.
35.3% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, retail trade employs 11.9% of the workforce, while transport and warehousing account for 8.0%. Manufacturing and food services each employ around 7% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are labourers at 18.2% and community and personal service workers at 16.7%. Machinery operators and drivers also make up a large slice of the workforce at 14.8%.
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 Airds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10022/airds/topic/employment