3.9% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Charlestown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Charlestown than in most similar areas, with 66.1% of the adult population active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The local workforce is largely anchored by the health care and social assistance sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
66.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.3%, followed by education and training at 10.1% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 26.6% of workers. Technicians and tradespeople make up 15.0% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 13.8%.
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10884/charlestown/topic/employment