5.1% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oxley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of full-time workers helps drive the local economy in Oxley, where 65.4% of the population holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While many residents are employed, the area faces a slightly higher unemployment rate than the territory average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the ACT figure of 69.6%. The unemployment rate is 5.1%, a little above the territory average of 3.9%.
64.0% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.4% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant employer for 31.3% of the workforce. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 13.5%, and construction at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 27% of jobs. Clerical and administrative work makes up 18.3%, followed by managers at 15.7% and technicians and trades at 13%.
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80105/oxley/topic/employment