3.3% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarralumla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yarralumla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yarralumla compared to the rest of the territory. While 62.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall number of people active in the labour force is well below both the national and territory figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the ACT figure of 69.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, slightly lower than the national figure of 5.1%.
58.1% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry here at 26.3%. Professional and technical services follow at 18.2%, while health care and social assistance account for 14.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The area is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 40.1% of workers and managers another 24.6%. Clerical and administrative staff represent 11.8% 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 Yarralumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80136/yarralumla/topic/employment