4.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cherrybrook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cherrybrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has grown in Cherrybrook, with 63.1% of the workforce now in permanent full-time roles. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The local workforce is largely professional and highly employed, though the unemployment rate of 4.6% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Australian figure of 61.1%. This strong activity is seen in the high number of full-time roles, which are well above the New South Wales rate.
62.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 15.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.4%. Finance and insurance and education also make up a large part of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the biggest group of workers at 38.3%, followed by managers at 18.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for another 15.1% 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 Cherrybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10897/cherrybrook/topic/employment