7.6% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Doonside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Doonside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Doonside compared to the rest of the country. Only 51.5% of adults are in the labour force, while the national figure is 61.1%. This gap is highlighted by an unemployment rate of 7.6%, which is a little above the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 54.7%. This helps explain why the overall number of people working or looking for work is much lower than in most other areas.
51.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.2% and transport and warehousing at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.5%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers (14.9%), clerical and administrative staff (13.8%), and labourers (13.2%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Doonside
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Doonside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11277/doonside/topic/employment