11.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carramar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carramar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Carramar from the national figure. This is a challenging local job market where 11.4% of people are unemployed, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national averages, sitting at 51.6%.
40.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.4%, followed by manufacturing at 11.1% and retail trade at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%. Professionals follow closely at 15.9%, while community and personal service workers account for 13.9% of the workforce.
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 Carramar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10825/carramar/topic/employment