6.8% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Enfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 6.8% unemployment rate makes Enfield struggle more than most similar areas to find work. This gap is clear when compared to the national figure of 5.1%, and the area's overall workforce is notably smaller than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 54.6%.
56.7% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.3% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for residents at 26.7%. Clerical and administrative jobs follow at 18.5%, with managers making up 13.3% of the 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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11424/enfield/topic/employment