12.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fairfield Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fairfield Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Fairfield Heights compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is mirrored by a high unemployment rate of 12.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas at 12.2%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average, with only 48.9% of the workforce in full-time roles.
31.7% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
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 13.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.1% and manufacturing at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%, followed closely by professionals at 16.1% and clerical or administrative staff at 14.2%.
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11482/fairfield-heights/topic/employment