2.8% ▲ +60.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pleasure Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pleasure Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Pleasure Point, where 14.7% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area is marked by a very high number of people working or looking for work compared to most other places. With an unemployment rate of just 2.8%, job security is strong here.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in the state average, at 69.1%. This is supported by a low unemployment rate of 2.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
69.1% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.4%
- 2016: 77.1%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction leads the way as the main industry at 14.7%, followed by education and training at 10.0%. Other common sectors include professional and technical services at 9.7% and health care and social assistance at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.3%, with managers making up 21.6% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative workers follow at 19.4%.
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 Pleasure Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13241/pleasure-point/topic/employment