5.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Campbelltown · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Campbelltown
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 Campbelltown, with 16.3% of the workforce in this sector. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, the share of full-time roles has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
62.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Jobs are spread across several sectors, with education and training (10.4%) and retail trade (10.1%) following health care as the most common industries. Professional and technical roles make up 8.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.3%. Other frequent roles include clerical and administrative work at 14.4%, and technicians and trades at 12.0%.
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 Campbelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40910/campbelltown/topic/employment