4.1% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glendalough · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glendalough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Glendalough, where 22.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a highly active area for the workforce, with 71.4% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 71.4% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
71.4% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are health care and social assistance at 22.1%, followed by administration and support at 12.7% and retail trade at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.4%, while professionals account for 19.2% and community and personal service workers make up 18.8%.
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 Glendalough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50556/glendalough/topic/employment