4.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eltham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Eltham than in most similar areas. While 65.8% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 49.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is well above the New South Wales figure. However, the unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
65.8% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 15.1%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training both follow closely at 12.8%, with retail trade accounting for 12.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.2%, followed by managers at 20.9%. Technicians and trades people make up 15.1% of the local workforce.
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/employment