5.5% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Catalina · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Catalina
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 40.9% of adults in Catalina are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This low level of employment is a defining feature of the local workforce, where full-time roles are also much less common than in other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting 20 points below the Australian figure. This is reflected in the low proportion of full-time employees (46.4%) and an unemployment rate of 5.5%, which is much higher than most areas.
40.9% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers here at 16.6%, closely followed by health care and social assistance at 16.4%. Other significant sectors include construction at 13.6% and accommodation and food services at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.3%. They are followed by community and personal service workers (15.0%), labourers (14.2%), and sales workers (13.6%).
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 Catalina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10852/catalina/topic/employment