4.1% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Macclesfield · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Macclesfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Macclesfield than in most similar areas. While 65.7% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures. This rate has fallen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
65.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.1%, followed by construction at 11.6% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 22.0%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 14.5% and managers at 13.7%.
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421022/macclesfield/topic/employment