1.1% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Caniaba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Caniaba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Caniaba, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very strong attachment to the workforce, with an unemployment rate of just 1.1% which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 70.6%. This is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%, while full-time employment sits at 59%, about the same as the rest of the country.
70.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, retail trade is a major employer for 13% of the workforce. Other significant sectors include education and training at 11.9%, construction at 8.1%, and manufacturing at 7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 17%, followed closely by professionals at 16.4%. Technicians and trades make up 14.1% of the local workforce, while labourers and managers each account for about 12%.
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 Caniaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10789/caniaba/topic/employment