4.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elermore Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elermore Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Elermore Vale, where 21.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While many residents hold professional roles, the area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 55.8%, and the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than in most similar places.
57.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 21.9%. Other common industries include retail trade at 8.8%, education and training at 8.7%, and construction at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here, accounting for 26.5% of workers. This is followed by technicians and trades at 13.6% and community and personal service workers at 13.0%.
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 Elermore Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11397/elermore-vale/topic/employment