4.1% ▲ +134.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Duffys Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Duffys Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Duffys Forest than in most similar areas. The local workforce is heavily skewed toward leadership roles, with nearly a third of workers employed as managers. This creates a professional profile that differs significantly from state and national patterns.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 64.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 52.0%, falling well below the national average of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is about the same as the state level.
64.7% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are construction at 11.0% and professional and technical services at 9.4%. Retail trade follows at 8.7%, with education and health care each accounting for 7.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A high proportion of residents hold leadership or specialist roles, with 30.7% working as managers and 21.7% as professionals. Other common jobs include sales workers at 15.4%, technicians and trades at 11.0%, and clerical or administrative staff at 8.3%.
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 Duffys Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11304/duffys-forest/topic/employment