11.4% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Crawley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Crawley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Crawley, with only 55.5% active in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%, reflecting a local workforce that is much smaller than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure at 33%, while the unemployment rate of 11.4% is well above both the state and national averages of 5.1%.
55.5% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
33.0% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry here at 22.1%, followed by accommodation and food services at 16.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a third of workers are professionals (33.3%), with community and personal service workers making up another 24.8% of the 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 Crawley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50353/crawley/topic/employment