3.5% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Margate · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Margate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Margate, where 14.2% of workers are in this field. The area is a strong hub for employment, with far more adults working or looking for work than in most other areas. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 66.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment fell 6.6 percentage points since 2011 to 56.6%, the unemployment rate also fell to 3.5%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
66.9% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors. After health care, the most common industries for residents are construction at 12.3%, education and training at 10.7%, and public administration and safety at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 20.3% of workers. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 16.3%, and community and personal service workers at 14%. Those in clerical or administrative roles make up 13.3% of the 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615014/margate/topic/employment