3.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edgecliff · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Edgecliff
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all working residents in Edgecliff are professionals. This high concentration of specialist roles is reflected in the area's strong employment figures, where full-time work is far more common than in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 66.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is especially strong at 66.2%, while the unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the Australian average.
66.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.2% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 20.9%, followed by finance and insurance at 13.0%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance (10.5%) and education and training (7.0%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals (45.0%) and managers (22.5%). Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 11.3%, while sales workers make up 5.6% of occupations.
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 Edgecliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11382/edgecliff/topic/employment