4.5% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Ryde
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce is evident in East Ryde, where 66.1% of adults are now working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The area's employment landscape is dominated by a strong presence of professional and technical roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults in East Ryde are working or looking for work than in most other areas, sitting well above the New South Wales figure. Around 57.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national rate.
66.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 14.6%. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.7%, and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.7%, followed by managers at 20.2%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.8% of the local workforce, while sales workers and technicians or tradespeople make up 8% and 7.3% respectively.
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 East Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11364/east-ryde/topic/employment