10.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bankstown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bankstown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Bankstown, where 13.6% of employees work in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 10.3% which is among the highest for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 46.0%, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is reflected in low full-time employment (49.6%) and an unemployment rate that is well above the New South Wales figure.
46.0% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.6% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Outside of health care, retail trade (11.1%) and manufacturing (8.6%) are the biggest employers. Transport and warehousing also employ a significant 8.3% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff (14.2%) and community and personal service workers (12.1%).
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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10181/bankstown/topic/employment