3.1% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ashbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ashbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles drive the local economy in Ashbury, where over a third of the workforce hold professional occupations. Most residents find employment in high-skill sectors like education and healthcare. The area maintains a steady employment rate, though full-time work is slightly less common here than across the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 3.1%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
59.6% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 13.3%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 13.2%. Professional and technical services also employ a significant 11.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily weighted toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 33.7% of jobs and managers accounting for 19.9%. Clerical and administrative positions follow at 15.1%.
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 Ashbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10094/ashbury/topic/employment