3.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gables · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gables
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one third of workers in Gables are professionals, marking it as a highly skilled area. A very high number of adults here are working or looking for work, with 66.5% in full-time roles, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 77.6%, far above the New South Wales figure. This strong employment is reflected in full-time work rates that are much higher than most areas, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.4%.
77.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
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 locals at 14.9%, followed by construction at 10.3% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.1%, while managers and clerical or administrative staff each account for about 16% of the workforce.
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 Gables [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11580/gables/topic/employment