3.8% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Davistown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Davistown
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 Davistown, where 16% of workers are in this field. The area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar places. This trend is reflected in the fact that full-time employment is also lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is a little below the state average, the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below both the state and national figures.
51.8% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 16%, followed closely by construction at 15.8%. Retail trade and education and training both account for 8.5% of jobs, while manufacturing makes up 7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation group at 18.7%. Professionals make up 17.9% of the workforce, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 14.3%.
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 Davistown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11223/davistown/topic/employment