9.4% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Regents Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Regents Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.4% unemployment rate makes Regents Park one of the areas with the highest jobless rates at this level. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to both the state and the nation. This lack of employment is mirrored by a lower proportion of full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, with only 52.0% of the workforce in full-time roles.
47.1% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 13.6%, followed by manufacturing at 9.6% and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.0%, while clerical and administrative jobs make up 14.4% 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 Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13358/regents-park/topic/employment