8.7% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
The Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in The Entrance
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in The Entrance, where 19% of the workforce is employed in this sector. However, the area faces significant challenges with a low proportion of adults working or looking for work and a high unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is reflected in the unemployment rate, which at 8.7% is well above both the state and national figures.
43.6% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, many residents work in retail trade (10.6%), construction (10.1%), and accommodation and food services (9.9%). Education and training accounts for 6.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest occupational group at 16.1%. This is followed by labourers at 14.9%, technicians and trades at 14.7%, and professionals at 14.1%.
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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13834/the-entrance/topic/employment