5.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
St James · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in St James
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 71% of adults in St James are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average. While a high proportion of the population is active in the workforce, the local unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is 9.5 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Full-time employment stands at 59.2%, roughly the same as the state and national averages.
70.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 59.2%
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 local workers at 14.1%. Other major employers include professional and technical services at 9.4% and accommodation and food services at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.7%. Technicians and trades follow at 13.7%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 13.5% 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 St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/employment