2.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Adamstown Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Adamstown Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Adamstown Heights than in most similar areas. While 67.2% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate is very low at 2.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than across Australia, where the figure is 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 55.7%.
67.2% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.1%, followed by education and training at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.5%, with managers representing another 14.1% 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 Adamstown Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10017/adamstown-heights/topic/employment