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Jobs & Industry in Fairfield

Name: Jobs & Industry in Fairfield — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A high unemployment rate of 12.1% marks the daily struggle for many workers in Fairfield. Only 32.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local job market where fewer people have steady, full-time roles compared to most other areas.

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📍 Fairfield, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 49.6%, well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This coincides with an unemployment rate that is among the highest at this level, sitting 7.0 percentage points above the Australian average.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 13.4% of the workforce. Retail trade follows at 11.3%, with manufacturing also making up a significant 10.1% of local jobs.

Industries people work in

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Fairfield splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (15%) and Retail trade (12%), with Manufacturing at 11%.

Health care & social assistance 13.4% Retail trade 11.3% Manufacturing 10.1% Transport & warehousing 7.5% Construction 7.5% Finance & insurance 5.2% Accommodation & food 5.2% Professional & technical 5.1% Administrative & support 5.0% Education & training 5.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.6%. Labourers are the next most common at 14.9%, followed closely by clerical and administrative staff at 14.0% and machinery operators and drivers at 13.8%.

Occupations people work in

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Fairfield splits fairly evenly between Professionals (17%) and Labourers (15%), with Clerical & administrative at 14%.

Professionals 16.6% Labourers 14.9% Clerical & administrative 14.0% Machinery operators & drivers 13.8% Technicians & trades 11.9% Community & personal service 10.7% Sales workers 8.5% Managers 6.4%

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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11480/fairfield/topic/employment

Fairfield	12.1%
2165, NSW	10.5%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Fairfield sits — Unemployment rate