4.1% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carrum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carrum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than 65% of adults in Carrum are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high level of activity is driven by a strong full-time workforce, with 63.3% of people in full-time roles, far exceeding the typical rate across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.6% of adults are in the workforce, well above the 61.1% national average. This is reflected in the high number of full-time roles, while the 4.1% unemployment rate is about the same as the state and national figures.
65.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Carrum at 15%, followed by construction at 13.9% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 25.4% of the workforce, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.9%.
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 Carrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20507/carrum/topic/employment