2.2% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alfords Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alfords Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Alfords Point than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the state average of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 57.6%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
64.1% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.2%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in education and training at 12.5%, followed by construction at 11.2% and health care and social assistance at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 25.8% of jobs. Clerical and administrative work (18.8%) and management positions (17.7%) also represent large 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 Alfords Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10031/alfords-point/topic/employment