0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
The Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in The Pocket
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a quarter of workers in The Pocket are managers or professionals, marking it as a highly skilled area. While there are many high-level roles, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. While full-time employment is far below the state and national figures at 43.4%, the unemployment rate is a remarkably low 0.0%.
52.2% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.4% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 12.1%. Retail trade follows closely at 11.1%, while construction, food and accommodation, and education each account for 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals each make up 25.3% of the local workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.2%, labourers at 11.1%, and community or personal service workers at 9.1%.
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 Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13850/the-pocket/topic/employment