6.9% ▼ -38.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
The Entrance North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in The Entrance North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates the number of people working or looking for work in The Entrance North from the national figure. This is a place where fewer adults are in the workforce compared to most other areas. Only about half of adults here are employed or seeking a job.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average. Full-time employment is also well below the state figure at 51.4%, while the unemployment rate of 6.9% is a little above the national rate.
50.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in construction at 15.6% and health care and social assistance at 13.5%. Other common industries include retail trade and education.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.6%. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 13.2% 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 The Entrance North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13835/the-entrance-north/topic/employment