4.5% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gowanbrae · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gowanbrae
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers in Gowanbrae, where 24.5% of people hold these roles. This is a hardworking area where a high proportion of adults are employed, with 64% working full-time. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 67.4% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
67.4% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 11.3%, followed closely by construction at 11%. Other common sectors include education and training, retail, and transport.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Besides professionals, the most common roles are managers and clerical or administrative staff, who each make up 16.5% of the workforce. Technicians and trades people account for another 11.8% of jobs.
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 Gowanbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21079/gowanbrae/topic/employment