4.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Page · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Page
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a quarter of Page workers are employed in public administration and safety, making it the dominant industry for the local workforce. While full-time employment is higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the ACT average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 60.3%, which is a little above the national figure. However, only 56.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate well below both the Australian and ACT averages.
56.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the largest employer at 25.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.1% and professional and technical services at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 30.5% of workers, with managers making up 14.4% and clerical and administrative staff accounting for 12.6%.
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 Page [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80106/page/topic/employment