4.1% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Denmark · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Denmark
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers in Denmark, where 21.7% of employees hold such roles. The area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than most similar places, with only 46.5% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, and the 43.7% full-time employment rate is far below the national figure of 58.9%. Meanwhile, the 4.1% unemployment rate is about the same as the state and national figures.
46.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 13.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.5%. Accommodation and food, construction, and retail trade each employ nearly 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from professionals, the most common roles are technicians and trades at 15.7% and labourers at 13.1%. Community and personal service workers and managers also make up significant shares 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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50404/denmark/topic/employment