4.0% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parkdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parkdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high workforce activity rate defines Parkdale, where 68.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Most residents are employed in stable, full-time roles within professional and health-related sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults in Parkdale are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the 5.1% national figure.
68.1% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.4%, followed by education and training at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 29.8%, while 17.8% of the workforce are managers.
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 Parkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22037/parkdale/topic/employment