4.9% —
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cunningham · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Cunningham
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 Cunningham, where 17% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has seen a drop in full-time employment over the last five years, though the number of adults working or looking for work has risen slightly.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure. Full-time employment has fallen by 5 points since 2016 to 54.1%, a rate that is now well below the New South Wales average.
59.0% —
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% —
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17%, followed by education and training at 12.2% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation here, accounting for 28% of the workforce. Technicians and trades workers make up 13.2% of the population, while community and personal service roles account for 12.6%.
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 Cunningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED111/cunningham/topic/employment