4.3% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stroud · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stroud
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 Stroud, where 14.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to both the state and the nation. This profile shows a diverse mix of professional and trade roles supporting the local economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 55.7%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
54.1% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer at 13.4%. Other significant industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.9%, retail trade at 8.0%, and public administration and safety at 7.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and technicians and trades, who each make up 16.0% of occupations. Community and personal service workers follow at 15.1%, with labourers and professionals making up 13.9% and 13.2% respectively.
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 Stroud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13692/stroud/topic/employment