5.5% —
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Reid · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Reid
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 Reid, where 13.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a place where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. While overall employment is strong, the proportion of full-time roles has dropped by 7.1 percentage points since 2016.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 63.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
63.0% —
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% —
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Reid work across a variety of sectors, with professional and technical services making up 12.5% of jobs. Finance and insurance (8.8%) and retail trade (8.5%) also employ significant portions of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.0%, followed by managers at 16.0%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13.5% 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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED137/reid/topic/employment