4.2% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Strong employment growth has shaped Elwood into a professional hub since 2011. A huge 74.7% of adults are now working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high participation is driven by a workforce largely employed in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas. Full-time employment is also well above the national figure at 65.0%, while the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as for the rest of Australia.
74.7% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.5%
- 2016: 74.0%
- 2021: 74.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 70.2%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in high-skill sectors. Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 15.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles dominate the local job market at 39.1%, which helps explain the high proportion of full-time work. Managers make up another 20.2% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 10.2%.
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 Elwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20867/elwood/topic/employment