5.7% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Erskine · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Erskine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for those working in Erskine. This area has a much smaller share of adults working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures, with only 38.3% active in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.3%, while the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
38.3% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (13.7%) and mining (11.4%). Construction (10.7%) and retail trade (10.6%) also employ a significant portion of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 18.3%. Other common roles include professionals at 14.7% and community and personal service workers at 14.4%.
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 Erskine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50491/erskine/topic/employment