5.5% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eastern Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eastern Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 55% of adults in Eastern Creek are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This is a place where employment levels are much lower than in most similar areas, with a typical workforce concentrated in transport and machinery operations.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.9% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure well below the New South Wales average. The unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is higher than most areas.
54.6% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for the 14.1% of workers in that field, followed by construction at 10.9% and transport and warehousing at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 19.5%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 16.4% of jobs.
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 Eastern Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11369/eastern-creek/topic/employment