0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Darkes Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Darkes Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Darkes Forest, where 20.6% of people are employed in the sector. While the area has a very high number of adults working or looking for work, the share of those in full-time roles is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Almost 79% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, though full-time employment at 49.2% is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
78.8% ▲ +130.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 78.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond construction, the local workforce is spread across professional and technical services (11.1%), other services (11.1%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (9.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 22.2%, followed by managers at 17.5% and professionals at 15.9%.
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 Darkes Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11210/darkes-forest/topic/employment