4.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glen Iris · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glen Iris
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Glen Iris are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This active workforce is dominated by high-level professional roles, with the typical worker more likely to be employed full-time than in other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here, with 68.5% of adults active in the labour force, well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also a little above the state average at 60.6%, while the unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the national figure.
68.5% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer for 16.2% of workers, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.2% and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily concentrated in high-skill roles, with professionals making up 40.2% of workers and managers accounting for 20.8%.
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 Glen Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21010/glen-iris/topic/employment