4.7% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Skennars Head · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Skennars Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual number of adults are working or looking for work in Skennars Head, though full-time roles are less common here. While 63.7% of adults are in the labour force, the proportion of full-time workers is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas. However, full-time employment is much lower than usual at 52.0%, while the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
63.7% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 52.0%
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 18.0%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.6%, with managers making up 15.2% and community and personal service workers at 14.4%.
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 Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13569/skennars-head/topic/employment