3.8% ▼ -55.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glastonbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glastonbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 53% of adults in Glastonbury are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. This low level of workforce participation is the main feature of the local job market, despite the unemployment rate remaining low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. Around 58% of the workforce is employed full-time, a result that sits about the same as the Australian average.
53.0% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 20% of the workforce. Education and training follow at 13.3%, with health care and social assistance at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation type at 17.3%. This is followed by labourers at 14.7% and technicians and tradespeople at 12%.
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 Glastonbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31138/glastonbury/topic/employment