4.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Croydon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Croydon have remained steady over the last decade, with full-time work now making up 58.9% of the local workforce. The area is largely defined by a high concentration of professional roles, with more than a third of workers employed as professionals.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
57.8% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 58.9%
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 at 13.0%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 12.1% and education and training at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large portion of the workforce at 36.4%, while managers account for 15.6% and clerical or administrative staff make up 14.6%.
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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11135/croydon/topic/employment