6.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Regents Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Regents Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Regents Park compared to most similar areas. While 69% of the adult population is active in the labour market, this activity is offset by an unemployment rate of 6.6%, which is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is slightly higher than the state and national figures at 60.5%. However, the unemployment rate of 6.6% is much higher than in most similar areas.
69.0% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.1%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 60.5%
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 14.2%, followed by construction at 11.0% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 15.4%, with clerical and administrative roles and machinery operators each accounting for around 14%.
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 Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32417/regents-park/topic/employment