4.8% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edge Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Edge Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Edge Hill, where 23.7% of workers are in this field. This professional focus is reflected in the workforce, with 66.4% of adults working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most other areas, sitting well above the national figure. Full-time employment is around the middle for similar areas, and the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
66.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly a quarter of the workforce is employed in health care and social assistance. Other common industries include education and training at 10.3% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.0%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.1% and managers at 12.2%.
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 Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30941/edge-hill/topic/employment