3.0% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cordeaux Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cordeaux Heights
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 Cordeaux Heights, where 15.2% of the workforce is employed in that field. This is a hardworking area where a high proportion of adults are active in the workforce. Most people here work in professional roles or administrative positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 66.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.0%, a little below both the state and national figures.
66.6% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.0%
- 2016: 70.9%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are health care and social assistance at 15.2%, followed by education and training at 13.3%. Other notable sectors include manufacturing at 8.9% and retail trade at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 26.5% of workers. Clerical and administrative jobs follow at 15.5%, while technicians and trades make up 13.8% 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 Cordeaux Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11070/cordeaux-heights/topic/employment