4.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carrum Downs · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carrum Downs
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 Carrum Downs, where 14.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a strong employment profile, with far more adults working or looking for work than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is high here, with 66.8% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. Full-time work is also common, at 62.6%, and the unemployment rate is 4.7%, about the same as the state and national figures.
66.8% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors. After health care, the biggest industries are construction at 13.5%, manufacturing at 11.2%, and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.2%. Other common roles include professionals at 13.7% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.6%.
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 Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20508/carrum-downs/topic/employment