12.0% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fairfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Fairfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 28 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Fairfield from the national figure. This is a challenging job market where 12% of the workforce is unemployed, a rate well above the Australian average of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 32.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This struggle is reflected in full-time employment, which has fallen 14 points since 2011 to 49.4%, leaving it among the lowest for similar areas.
32.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 here at 13.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and manufacturing at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, while labourers (14.8%) and clerical and administrative staff (14.2%) also represent significant portions of the local 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021515/fairfield/topic/employment