3.9% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Earlwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Earlwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 30.3% of the workforce in Earlwood, the largest occupational group in the area. While the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the national figure, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 55.2%, sitting a little below the New South Wales rate.
55.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 11.5%, followed by education and training at 10.7% and professional and technical services at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of professionals, managers make up 18.0% of the workforce. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers at 15.1% and technicians and trades at 10.6%.
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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11346/earlwood/topic/employment