2.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wheeler Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wheeler Heights than in most other areas, at 70.7%. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 70.7% of adults are in the workforce, the share of those employed full-time is 55.3%, which is well below the Australian figure of 58.9%.
70.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 70.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the highest shares working in construction at 12.6%, followed by professional and technical services and health care, both at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.5%, while managers make up 17.6% of the workforce. Technicians and trades follow at 14.9%.
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 Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/employment