5.2% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eureka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in full-time work in Eureka than in most other areas, with only 45.6% of the population in these roles. This creates a local job market where a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.2%, slightly higher than the national figure of 5.1%.
57.0% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.6% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 16.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the workforce are managers, and another 24.4% are professionals, making these the two most common occupations in the area.
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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11464/eureka/topic/employment