8.8% ▲ +271.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clifton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Clifton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Clifton compared to other areas, with only 41% in the workforce. This reflects a significant shift in the local economy, as the number of people working or seeking jobs has fallen by 26 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.8%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1% and much higher than most similar areas. Full-time work has also declined, falling 12 points since 2011 to reach 56.5%.
41.0% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 21%, followed by education and training at 11% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 19.4% of the local workforce. This is followed by labourers at 18.2% and technicians and tradespeople at 16.6%.
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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/employment