5.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carnes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than one in four workers in Carnes Hill are professionals, making it the most common occupation here. The area has a high proportion of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. Most people are employed full-time, consistent with trends across Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate well above both the state and national figures. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
5.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
64.5% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 11.8%, followed by retail trade at 9.4% and transport and warehousing at 8.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 25.2% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 17.4% and managers at 13.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Carnes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10819/carnes-hill/topic/employment