7.9% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chillingham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chillingham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Chillingham, where 21.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas. This is a place where the typical employment pattern differs significantly from both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 51.8%, while the unemployment rate of 7.9% is a little above the Australian figure.
46.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for locals are retail trade at 12.0% and education and training at 9.6%. Transport and warehousing follow at 8.4%, with agriculture, forestry and fishing accounting for 7.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly across several roles, with managers, labourers, and community and personal service workers each making up 19.3% of occupations. Professionals account for 15.7% of the workforce, while 6.0% are machinery operators and drivers.
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 Chillingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10903/chillingham/topic/employment