5.2% ▲ +50.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dulwich · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dulwich
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in employment patterns has seen 65.5% of adults in Dulwich working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high level of activity is paired with a strong professional workforce, where nearly 41% of residents hold professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are well above the state and national figures at 65.5%. While 57.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate of 5.2% is higher than most similar areas.
65.5% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.1%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 19.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.9%. Education and training also employ a significant 10.2% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals at 40.7% and managers at 19.7%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common, accounting for 10.4% of occupations.
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 Dulwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40379/dulwich/topic/employment