8.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chester Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chester Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 8.5% is well above the national figure in Chester Hill, where job security is a challenge for many. While people work across a range of sectors, a far smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 49.2%, and the unemployment rate is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
40.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.2%, followed by retail trade at 10.5% and manufacturing at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.8%, while clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 15.4%.
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 Chester Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10898/chester-hill/topic/employment