2.6% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Appin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Appin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Appin than in most similar areas. This active workforce is supported by a very low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far above the state average of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
69.0% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 71.6%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 15.3%, followed by education and training at 11% and health care and social assistance at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of occupations at 19%, while professionals account for 15.6% of the 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 Appin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10064/appin/topic/employment