3.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drummoyne · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Drummoyne
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 38% of workers in Drummoyne are professionals, making this the most common occupation in the area. This high concentration of professional roles is reflected in the workforce, where 64.6% of people are employed full-time, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, with 65.9% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, while the unemployment rate of 3.1% is a little below the national average.
65.9% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.6% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the top industry for local workers at 15.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12%. Finance and insurance also employ a significant 10.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of professionals, managers make up 23.3% of jobs in the area. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.2%, while sales workers and technicians or trades make up smaller shares of the 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 Drummoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11296/drummoyne/topic/employment