4.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
2132, NSW · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 2132, NSW
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health and professional services drive the local economy in postcode 2132, where more than a third of workers are professionals. While employment patterns are largely in line with the rest of the country, the number of adults working or looking for work has dropped by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.9%, though this is 4.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
57.8% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.0%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 12.1% and education and training at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 36.4% of jobs. Managers account for 15.6%, while clerical and administrative workers make up 14.6% 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 2132, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2132/2132-nsw/topic/employment