1.0% ▼ -55.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Exeter
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers in Exeter, accounting for 28.4% of the local workforce. This is a place where very few people are out of work, though the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 1.0% of the workforce is unemployed, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. However, the 55.2% of adults working or looking for work is well below the national average of 61.1%.
55.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 13.3%, followed by education and training at 12.1%. Professional and technical services and health care both employ 10.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of professionals, managers make up 21.9% of roles. Other common occupations include technicians and trades at 14.7% and clerical and administrative work at 11.0%.
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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11478/exeter/topic/employment