4.1% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Caulfield than in most other areas, with 68.1% active in the labour force. This high level of employment is paired with a low unemployment rate of 4.1%, which is much lower than the typical area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Since 2011, the share of adults working or looking for work has risen by 7.4 points. Full-time employment is slightly above the national figure at 60%, and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1%.
68.1% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are professional and technical services at 15.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.4% and education and training at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common, making up 39.1% of jobs, followed by managers at 18% and clerical and administrative workers at 11.3%.
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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21906/caulfield/topic/employment