3.4% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cannons Creek · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cannons Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much more of the adult population is working or looking for work in Cannons Creek than in most similar areas. While 64.4% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is low at 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is at 58.4%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is down 3.7 percentage points since 2011, and the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work has also fallen by 5.5 points over that time.
64.4% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 22.9%. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 10.0% and manufacturing at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up 21.9% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 15.2% and clerical and administrative roles at 13.9%.
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 Cannons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221013/cannons-creek/topic/employment