3.2% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cannons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cannons Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Cannons Creek compared to the rest of Australia. While 64.2% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is low at 3.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.2% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment stands at 59.1%, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
64.2% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the dominant industry for locals, employing 21.6% of the workforce. Other common fields include health care and social assistance at 9.5%, and manufacturing at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 22.6%. This is followed by clerical and administrative roles at 13.4% and labourers at 12.8%.
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 Cannons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20466/cannons-creek/topic/employment