20.1% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charles Sturt University · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Charles Sturt University
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 20.1% unemployment rate marks the workforce in Charles Sturt University, which is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This reflects a population where few residents work full-time and a relatively small proportion of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 7.6% of people have full-time jobs, which is far below the national figure of 58.9%. Just over half of adults—56.4%—are working or looking for work, a rate well below the Australian average.
56.4% ▲ +70.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
7.6% ▲ —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
About a quarter of workers are in accommodation and food services, followed by retail trade at 19.7% and education and training at 15.2%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 12.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 33.3% of the workforce. This is the most common role, followed by sales workers at 21.2% and labourers at 20.2%.
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 Charles Sturt University [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10883/charles-sturt-university/topic/employment