3.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oatlands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common way to earn a living in Oatlands, where nearly 31% of workers are professionals. The area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of Australia, though the unemployment rate remains slightly lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also a little below the state average at 55.9%.
56.7% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 55.9%
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 14.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.3% and construction at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond professionals, many residents work as managers (19.8%) or in clerical and administrative roles (17.1%). Technicians and trades make up 8.9% of the workforce, while sales workers account for 7.5%.
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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13074/oatlands/topic/employment