4.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maylands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of working adults defines Maylands, where 72.2% are employed or seeking work. This is far above the national figure, marking it as a place where a large proportion of the population is active in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 64.3% of residents in full-time roles, well above the state figure of 60.2%. While more people are working or looking for work than in most areas, the unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
72.2% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 72.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for 14.7% of workers. Professional and technical services follow at 10.8%, while education, public administration, and food services each employ around 7.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation, accounting for 32.9% of workers. Managers make up 12.5%, followed by clerical, administrative, and community service roles, which each represent 11.9% 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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50917/maylands/topic/employment