6.2% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterloo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Forty-one percent of workers in Waterloo are professionals, making it a highly skilled hub. This professional focus is reflected in a workforce that is much more likely to be employed full-time than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 64.2% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state average.
64.2% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.7% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 73.0%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 18.4%, followed by finance and insurance at 9.8%. Other main industries include health care and social assistance, which employ 9.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local job market is dominated by professionals (41.2%) and managers (17.8%). Clerical and administrative roles make up 10.6% of occupations, while technicians and tradespeople account for 8.1%.
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14201/waterloo/topic/employment