3.9% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cardiff South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cardiff South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Cardiff South are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. While 66.8% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is notably lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the state and national figures. However, full-time employment at 55.5% is well below the Australian average, while the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the national figure.
66.8% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 55.5%
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 here, employing 21.4% of the workforce. Other main employers include retail trade at 10.1% and construction at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and community and personal service workers both make up 17.3% of the local workforce. Technicians and trades follow at 15.7%, while 13.1% of people work in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Cardiff South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10810/cardiff-south/topic/employment