3.7% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cheltenham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are employed full-time in Cheltenham than in most similar areas. This workforce is largely comprised of professionals and managers, with a typical resident more likely to be working or looking for work than the state or national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is particularly strong at 61.4%, while the unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the national figure.
62.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 61.4%
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 for local workers at 16.7%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 16.0% and education and training at 14.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles dominate the local workforce at 44.6%, with managers making up another 18.6%. Clerical and administrative staff account for 13.3% of occupations.
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10895/cheltenham/topic/employment