3.7% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cardross · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cardross
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Cardross compared to most similar areas. About 64.7% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure. This activity is supported by a low unemployment rate of 3.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The typical working pattern is full-time employment for 59.5% of the workforce, a figure about the same as the Victorian and national averages. Unemployment at 3.7% is a little below the rates seen across the state and country.
64.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 13.8%, followed closely by retail trade at 13.1%. Construction, health care, and manufacturing also employ notable shares of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.1%. Managers are the second most common occupation at 16.9%, while labourers account for 14.5% of the local workforce.
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 Cardross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20488/cardross/topic/employment