3.1% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chatswood West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chatswood West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Chatswood West are working or looking for work than in the typical New South Wales area. The local workforce is highly employed, with 60.5% of residents working full-time and a very low unemployment rate of 3.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This is matched by a strong employment rate, with the typical resident more likely to work full-time than people in most other areas.
62.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, led by professional and technical services at 17.3%. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.5% and finance and insurance at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 39.5% of jobs, while managers account for another 22%. Together, these high-level roles dominate the local job market, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 13.5%.
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 Chatswood West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10892/chatswood-west/topic/employment