5.8% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blacktown · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Blacktown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Blacktown than in most similar areas. Around 60.6% of adults are active in the labour force, though the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 5.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 59.7%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure but has fallen 8.8 percentage points since 2011. The unemployment rate has improved, falling 1.3 percentage points over the last decade to 5.8%.
60.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 59.7%
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 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 10.0% and transport and warehousing at 8.1%. Manufacturing and professional services both employ around 7.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common job type at 23.8%, with clerical and administrative work making up 15.2%. Other significant groups include machinery operators and drivers at 11.1% and managers at 11.0%.
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10750/blacktown/topic/employment