3.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Botany
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Botany than the national average. This area is defined by a strong employment rate, with 69% of adults active in the workforce. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is particularly strong here, as 63.5% of people work full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate of 3.2% is a little below the national average of 5.1%.
69.0% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.5% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in the area is health care and social assistance, where 11.9% of people work. Construction and education also employ significant numbers, at 9.9% and 9.3% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.6%, followed by managers at 17.3%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, accounting for 15.4% of jobs.
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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/employment