5.4% ▲ +91.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Curramore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Curramore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up a huge 32.2% of the workforce in Curramore. This professional profile is paired with a workforce where fewer than half of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.3%, while the unemployment rate is 5.4%, slightly higher than most similar areas.
49.7% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest industry for local workers at 14.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.8%. Those in professional and technical roles make up 10.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the large number of managers, 19.5% of workers are professionals and 16.1% are technicians or tradespeople. Community and personal service workers and clerical staff each account for 12.6% of roles.
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 Curramore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11175/curramore/topic/employment