3.7% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chiswick · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chiswick
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 35.3% of the workforce in Chiswick, the largest occupational group in the area. This suburb is a hub of high employment, where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 68.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much higher than in most areas, sitting at 66.0%.
68.1% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.0% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.2%
- 2016: 74.4%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with finance and insurance (12.9%) and professional and technical services (12.8%) as the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers represent a large portion of the workforce at 25.1%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers at 14.8%, while sales workers and technicians make up smaller shares.
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 Chiswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10909/chiswick/topic/employment