3.9% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alderley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alderley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for the 16.5% of workers in Alderley. This professional workforce drives a very high employment rate, with 76.2% of adults working or looking for work. This figure is far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A large proportion of adults are active in the workforce, and 61.2% of residents have full-time jobs, which is a little above the national figure. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, slightly below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
76.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.9%
- 2016: 73.5%
- 2021: 76.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in health care and social assistance (16.5%), professional and technical services (13.7%), and education and training (11.2%). Other common industries include public administration and safety at 8.1%, and retail trade at 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.3%, followed by managers at 15.0%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff (11.7%), community and personal service workers (9.8%), and technicians and trades (8.6%).
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 Alderley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30026/alderley/topic/employment