3.1% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parkhurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parkhurst
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 Parkhurst, where 16.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area is defined by a very high level of employment, with 73.6% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, and the typical resident is more likely to have a full-time job, at 64.0%. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%.
73.6% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 68.9%
- 2021: 73.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health and social assistance, the most common industries for local workers are education and training at 11.9% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of employees at 19.0%, followed by professionals at 17.9% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.9%.
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 Parkhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32273/parkhurst/topic/employment