3.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Weston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Public administration and safety is the main employer for people in Weston, where 31.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This reflects a workforce heavily weighted towards professional roles and government service, with a strong presence of full-time workers compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is high at 63.5%, which is well above the Australian average, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.5%.
60.8% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.5% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Government and safety roles are the most common, making up 31.6% of jobs. Health care and social assistance (12.4%) and professional and technical services (11.8%) are the next biggest sectors.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.1%, followed by managers at 21.0%. Clerical and administrative roles account for another 13.7% 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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80133/weston/topic/employment