46.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 85.0%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Cathkin · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Cathkin than in most similar areas. Only 46.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is a much lower rate than seen across the rest of the region.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 46.7%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4% and the national figure of 61.1%.
46.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Media & telecommunications at 43%, ahead of Construction (29%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 21%, ahead of Clerical & administrative (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Cathkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20519/cathkin/topic/employment