0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Acton Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Acton Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small number of residents work or look for work in Acton Park, where full-time employment is far lower than the national figure. While few people are employed full-time, the area has a striking 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, only 41.3% of the population are employed full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% national average.
60.5% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.4%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
41.3% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 21.7%. Construction also plays a major role, accounting for 19.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.6%, followed by labourers at 21.7%. Professionals, community and personal service workers, and machinery operators each make up about 11% 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 Acton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50003/acton-park/topic/employment