3.1% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chirnside Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chirnside Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well over 66% of adults in Chirnside Park are working or looking for work, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This high level of employment activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.1%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with 66.8% of adults in the workforce, compared to 62.4% in Victoria. About 58.2% of the population work full-time, which is about the same as the national figure.
66.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction as the largest employer at 14.2%. Health care and social assistance follow closely at 13.8%, while retail trade employs 10.3% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.6%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 16.8% of workers, while managers and clerical staff both account for 14.2% of the workforce.
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 Chirnside Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20556/chirnside-park/topic/employment