4.7% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edgeworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Edgeworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Edgeworth than in most similar areas. This is a community where 57.5% of adults are in the labour force, and nearly 60% of those employed are in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national rates.
57.5% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 59.7%
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, employing 18.7% of the workforce, followed by construction at 11.8% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.3%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers at 14% and community and personal service workers at 13.4%.
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 Edgeworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11384/edgeworth/topic/employment