3.4% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Falls Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Falls Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Falls Creek, where 16.7% of the local workforce is employed in this sector. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.4%, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the state and national figures. Among those employed, 57.1% have full-time jobs, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.
55.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several fields, with construction (15.8%) and retail trade (9.7%) following health care as the biggest employers. Public administration and safety also make up 8.5% of the industry mix.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common type of worker at 19.1%. Professionals (13.7%) and community and personal service workers (13.4%) also make up significant portions 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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11490/falls-creek/topic/employment