4.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cheltenham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Cheltenham than in most similar areas. A strong local workforce is evident, with 65.3% of adults active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the state average at 60.3%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the national figure and puts the area around the middle for its level.
65.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 65.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.5% and retail trade at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 29.1% of the workforce. Managers make up 16.4%, while 13.8% of residents work in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20539/cheltenham/topic/employment