3.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Strathfieldsaye · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathfieldsaye
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Strathfieldsaye compared to the rest of the country. About 70.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a strong workforce for the local area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 70.5% of adults are active in the job market, the unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.6%, slightly below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
70.5% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.7%
- 2016: 70.9%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.0%, followed by education and training at 11.6%. Retail trade and construction both employ nearly 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 26.8% of jobs. Clerical and administrative staff (13.4%) and managers (13.3%) follow as the next most common occupations.
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 Strathfieldsaye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22376/strathfieldsaye/topic/employment