5.1% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Geurie · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Geurie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Geurie, where 17.8% of the workforce is employed in this sector. Most adults here are working or looking for work, with a typical unemployment rate of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is higher than most similar areas. While full-time employment fell 6.9 percentage points since 2011 to 57.9%, the unemployment rate also dropped slightly to 5.1%.
60.7% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 17.8%, followed by public administration and safety at 13.4%. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.9% and construction at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 21.8%. Technicians and trades follow at 18.8%, while clerical and administrative workers make up 13.9% 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 Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122059/geurie/topic/employment