4.7% ▲ +84.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Curlewis
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Curlewis are working or looking for work, with 67.1% active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While most of these workers have full-time roles, the area also sees an unemployment rate of 4.7%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.1% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 57.7%, which is a little below the national average of 58.9%.
67.1% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.7%, while construction and retail trade both employ 12.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.8%, followed closely by technicians and trades people at 17.3%.
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 Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20697/curlewis/topic/employment