2.2% ▼ -76.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Calderwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Calderwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Calderwood is employed in health care and social assistance. This is a high-performing job market where 79% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%. Full-time work is more common than in most areas, accounting for 60.3% of the workforce.
79.0% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 79.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 19.4%, followed by construction at 11.8% and retail trade at 10.3%. Other notable sectors include public administration and education.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.5%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 17.5% of the workforce, while community and personal service roles account for 13.2%.
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 Calderwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10749/calderwood/topic/employment