3.5% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Macclesfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 20% of the workforce in Macclesfield are managers, making it the most common occupation in the area. This small community has a high employment rate, with a larger share of adults working or looking for work than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
64.3% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer here at 16.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.2% and retail trade at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers lead the workforce at 19.9%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 19.7% and professionals at 16.1%.
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21561/macclesfield/topic/employment