4.6% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elizabeth Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elizabeth Beach
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 Elizabeth Beach than in most similar areas. Just over half of adults (51.4%) are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a community with a high number of people who are retired or not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.6% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure far below the Australian average of 58.9%. While the unemployment rate is 4.6%, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
51.4% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▲ +50.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split fairly evenly across several sectors. Accommodation and food services and health care are the biggest industries, each employing 15.2% of workers, followed by construction at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.8%. Technicians and trades people make up 14.3% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers account for 12.4%.
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 Elizabeth Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11399/elizabeth-beach/topic/employment