0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chatsworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chatsworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted over the last decade in Chatsworth, though it now sees a very low number of adults working or looking for work. Only 51.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area reports a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, sitting well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment for 56.4% of the population is also a little below the national average.
51.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 24.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.9%. Construction and retail trade each account for 9.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 17.9%, with technicians and trades following closely at 16.7%. Clerical and administrative staff and sales workers both make up 12.8% 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 Chatsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10893/chatsworth/topic/employment