4.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dulwich Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are employed or seeking work in Dulwich Hill than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is seen in the 67.5% of adults who are in the labour force. The area is marked by a strong presence of professional and technical workers.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 64.5% of residents work full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While the unemployment rate is 4.3%, this is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
4.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
67.5% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by professional and technical services at 14.2%. Health care and social assistance (12.3%) and education and training (12.0%) are also major employers.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 40% of workers are professionals, which helps explain the high number of people in technical and professional industries. Managers make up another 17.4% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Dulwich Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11306/dulwich-hill/topic/employment