6.2% ▼ -49.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Exeter · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Exeter
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Exeter, where nearly 19% of the workforce is employed in these fields. While the number of adults working or looking for work has risen since 2011, the area still sees far fewer people in the workforce than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About half of adults here are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. Unemployment has dropped significantly since 2011 to 6.2%, though full-time employment fell 4.5 percentage points over the same period.
50.3% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main industry at 18.9%, followed by construction at 13.6% and education and training at 9.5%. Other common sectors include retail trade and manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Community and personal service workers are close behind at 16.4%, with technicians and tradespeople also representing a significant 16.2% 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615007/exeter/topic/employment