5.6% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Park Holme · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Park Holme
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than 60% of adults in Park Holme are working or looking for work, though the local unemployment rate is much higher than in most similar areas. This creates a mixed employment landscape where a significant slice of the workforce is currently without a job.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 61.2% of adults are in the labour force, the typical full-time employment rate of 55.5% is well below the Australian figure. The local unemployment rate sits at 5.6%, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
61.2% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer here, accounting for 22.5% of jobs. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.3% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.8%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.6%. Clerical and administrative staff make up 13.1% of the local 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 Park Holme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41113/park-holme/topic/employment