5.1% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cundletown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cundletown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns in Cundletown have remained steady over the last decade, though the area now sees fewer adults in the workforce than most other regions. Only 51.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While full-time employment sits at 57.9%—about the same as the state and national figures—the unemployment rate is 5.1%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
51.7% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 for local workers at 21.7%, followed by retail trade at 12.5% and construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 18.7%, with technicians and trades people following at 14.4%.
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 Cundletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11162/cundletown/topic/employment