6.6% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eastlakes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eastlakes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Eastlakes than in most similar areas. Only 53.1% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 6.6%. This is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state and national figures, with only 53.5% of the population working full-time. This contributes to the overall low rate of adults working or looking for work.
53.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 53.5%
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 here at 14.5%, followed by retail trade at 12.1% and transport and warehousing at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.3%, while clerical and administrative positions account for 13.5% of workers.
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 Eastlakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11371/eastlakes/topic/employment