4.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Corrimal · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people hold full-time roles in East Corrimal than in most similar areas. While 60.9% of adults are working or looking for work, the number of full-time employees is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This indicates a local workforce that relies more on part-time or casual arrangements.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment is notably low at 54.6%, falling 4.3 percentage points behind the Australian average.
4.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
60.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.6%, followed by education and training at 12.7%. Other common industries for local workers include construction at 10% and public administration and safety at 7.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.3%. This is followed by technicians and trades people at 14.3%, and those in community and personal service roles at 13.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in East Corrimal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11351/east-corrimal/topic/employment