1.7% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Peeramon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Peeramon
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 those working in Peeramon, where 15.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 1.7%, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 51.7%, though the unemployment rate is very low at 1.7%.
55.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.3%, followed by construction, public administration, and education, which each employ 9.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five locals is a professional (20.5%), while technicians and trades make up 17.3% and managers account for 16.5% of the workforce.
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 Peeramon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32291/peeramon/topic/employment