0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Exeter · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Exeter
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A sharp 20 percentage point drop in full-time employment since 2011 defines the changing workforce in Exeter. While the number of people working or looking for work has dipped slightly to 50.9%, the area now sees no one unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state figure at 51.5%. This follows a significant trend where the share of full-time workers fell 20 points since 2011, though the unemployment rate has dropped to 0.0%.
50.9% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.5% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.1%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with education and training being the most common at 19.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.9%. Managers and clerical and administrative staff each represent 14.8% of the 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122055/exeter/topic/employment