0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Paraparap · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Paraparap
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero per cent unemployment defines the workforce in Paraparap, where nearly everyone who wants a job has one. This is a highly active community, with a much larger share of adults working or looking for work than in most other areas. These figures suggest a strong local employment rate that far exceeds state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.7% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4% and the national rate of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
67.7% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 18.5%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 14.1%, and education and training at 13.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a manager, making it the most common occupation at 25.0%. Professionals make up 19.6% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 15.2%.
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 Paraparap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22035/paraparap/topic/employment