5.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Camperdown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Camperdown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Camperdown are in the workforce, with 73.8% working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%. The local job market is dominated by high-skilled professional roles, though the unemployment rate of 5.2% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher here than in most areas, at 64.7%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, while the unemployment rate of 5.2% remains about the same as the state and national levels.
73.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 73.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 17.4%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance (14.7%) and education and training (12.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Almost half of the workforce are professionals (46.6%), which helps explain the high number of people in professional and technical industries. Managers make up another 17.8% 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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10780/camperdown/topic/employment