3.5% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Trafalgar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Trafalgar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 60% of adults in Trafalgar are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a local workforce that is smaller than in most similar areas. However, those who are employed face a low unemployment rate of 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 61.1% national average. Full-time employment is also a little below the national figure at 56.3%, though the unemployment rate of 3.5% is a little lower than the Australian average.
57.2% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Trafalgar at 14.9%, followed by construction at 11.6% and education and training at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.7%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.4% and labourers at 12.3%.
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 Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22565/trafalgar/topic/employment