11.7% ▲ +58.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Aldershot · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Aldershot
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 Aldershot (L), where 19.7% of the workforce is employed in the sector. This small area faces significant employment challenges, with a typical resident far less likely to be working or looking for work than people across the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national level of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is also well above the national figure, sitting at 11.7% after rising 4.3 points since 2011.
41.1% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly one in five people work in health care and social assistance, followed by retail trade at 14.6% and manufacturing at 11.2%. Other common sectors include education and training and construction.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 23.6%, while 15.2% are technicians and tradespeople. Community and personal service workers, machinery operators, and sales staff also represent significant portions 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 Aldershot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321001/aldershot/topic/employment