3.5% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Finley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Finley
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 Finley than in most other areas, with only 50.9% of the adult population in the labour force. This is 10 points lower than the national figure. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a low 3.5%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 58.0%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This mirrors the state's trend, with the local workforce remaining steady compared to the broader region.
50.9% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest industry in Finley, employing 23.1% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 15.3%, and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.5%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.4% and labourers at 13.8%.
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 Finley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11523/finley/topic/employment