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Thornton - Millers Forest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Thornton - Millers Forest

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 Thornton - Millers Forest, where 16.6% of employees work in this sector. The area has a very strong employment rate, with a typical resident far more likely to be working or looking for work than those in the state or national averages.

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📍 Thornton - Millers Forest, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Thornton - Millers Forest sits — Unemployment rate

3.5% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Thornton - Millers Forest — lower than 81% of areas.

Thornton - Millers Forest3.5%
2324, NSW 6.1%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working or looking for work is common here, at 72.2%, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 61.9%, while the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 3.5%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Aside from health care, the rest of the workforce is spread across public administration and safety (9.4%), retail trade (9.3%), construction (8.8%), and manufacturing (7.5%).

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Thornton - Millers Forest — Health care & social assistance leads at 17%, ahead of Public administration & safety (10%) and Retail trade (10%).

Health care & social assistance 16.6% Public administration & safety 9.4% Retail trade 9.3% Construction 8.8% Manufacturing 7.5% Education & training 7.3% Accommodation & food 6.2% Professional & technical 5.1% Transport & warehousing 5.0% Other services 4.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%, followed by technicians and tradespeople at 15.8% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.1%.

Occupations people work in

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Thornton - Millers Forest splits fairly evenly between Professionals (18%) and Technicians & trades (16%), with Clerical & administrative at 14%.

Professionals 17.8% Technicians & trades 15.8% Clerical & administrative 14.1% Community & personal service 13.6% Managers 10.3% Labourers 9.0% Sales workers 8.9% Machinery operators & drivers 8.8%

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 Thornton - Millers Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021618/thornton-millers-forest/topic/employment