6.0% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cardiff · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cardiff
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 Cardiff, employing 21.4% of the local workforce. While about 61% of adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, the 6.0% unemployment rate is much higher than most areas and sits 1.1 percentage points above the state average.
61.0% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Healthcare and social assistance leads the way at 21.4%, followed by construction at 10.3% and retail trade at 9.8%. Other common sectors include education and training (8.1%) and accommodation and food services (6.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.7%. This is followed by technicians and tradespeople at 16.4%, community and personal service workers at 15.0%, and clerical and administrative staff at 12.9%.
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 Cardiff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10808/cardiff/topic/employment