3.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Darling Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Darling Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles have grown to dominate the local workforce in Darling Point since 2011. The area is now a hub for high-earning careers, with 43.6% of workers in professional occupations. Full-time employment is also much more common here than in most other Australian suburbs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common, with 65% of the workforce employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. This is alongside a low unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
59.1% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by professional and technical services at 21.4%, followed by finance and insurance at 13.7%. Other notable sectors include health care and social assistance, which employ 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are professionals (43.6%) and 27% are managers. These two groups make up the vast majority of jobs, while clerical roles account for a smaller 9.9%.
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 Darling Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11212/darling-point/topic/employment