4.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carisbrook · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Carisbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people have full-time jobs in Carisbrook compared to most similar areas. Only 50.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure that has fallen by 8.1 percentage points since 2011. While unemployment is steady at 4.2%, the overall number of adults working or looking for work remains well below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common for 54.8% of adults, which is well below the Victoria rate of 62.4%. This lack of full-time work is a significant trend, as the proportion of full-time employees is now 8.3 percentage points lower than the state average.
54.8% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Carisbrook are health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 13.4% and manufacturing at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.7%, while 15.4% of the local workforce works in community and personal services.
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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221017/carisbrook/topic/employment