3.9% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carisbrook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carisbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Carisbrook, where 15.6% of employees work in this field. The area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work compared to most similar places, with only 55.1% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 51%, while the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the national figure.
55.1% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.0% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries for locals are retail trade at 12.7%, agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.8%, and manufacturing at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 17.2%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16%.
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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20492/carisbrook/topic/employment