6.4% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alexander Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alexander Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Alexander Heights than in most similar areas. While a high 66.5% of adults are active in the labour market, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most, sitting at 6.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in the rest of Australia, where the figure is 61.1%. Full-time employment is steady at 59.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
66.5% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.4%. Construction and retail trade follow closely, employing 11.1% and 10.6% of people respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 18.7%. Clerical and administrative staff are also common at 14.3%, followed by people in community and personal services at 13.2%.
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 Alexander Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50008/alexander-heights/topic/employment