4.0% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Vaucluse · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Vaucluse
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A little fewer adults are working or looking for work in Vaucluse compared to the national figure. The area is defined by a high concentration of white-collar roles, with over 60% of the workforce employed as professionals or managers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
59.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 16.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.8% and finance and insurance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up a huge portion of the local workforce, accounting for 38.4% and 26.2% of all jobs 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 Vaucluse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14089/vaucluse/topic/employment