4.2% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charlestown · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Charlestown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Charlestown than in the national average, with 62.5% of adults active in the labour market. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 4.2%, which is lower than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more adults are working or looking for work than in 2011, full-time employment has fallen by 5.1 points since then to 56.6%. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
62.5% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in the area, with 20.1% of workers in this field. Education and training follow at 10.5%, while construction accounts for 9.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.3%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.7% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.3%.
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10018/charlestown/topic/employment