3.1% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
2229, NSW · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 2229, NSW
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 25.1% of the local workforce in postcode 2229. It is an area where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar places, while the unemployment rate remains much lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While unemployment is very low at 3.1%, the share of full-time workers has fallen to 56.9% since 2011.
63.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry at 12.6%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 12.0% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Apart from professionals, managers are the next most common group at 18.8%, with 15.8% of residents working in clerical and administrative roles.
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 2229, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2229/2229-nsw/topic/employment