5.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pennant Hills - Epping · Sub-region (SA3)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over 63% of adults in Pennant Hills - Epping are working or looking for work, which is well above the state average. This reflects a highly active workforce where full-time employment is more common than in most other areas. The local job market is dominated by high-skilled professional and managerial roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 61.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, sitting about the same as both the state and national figures.
5.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
63.2% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
People here primarily work in professional and technical services (15.9%) and health care and social assistance (14.6%). Education and training (10.7%) and finance and insurance (9.3%) also make up a large part of the local economy.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 42.9% of workers and managers accounting for another 16.2%. Clerical and administrative jobs are the next most common at 13.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pennant Hills - Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12601/pennant-hills-epping/topic/employment