3.6% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Garden Suburb · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Garden Suburb
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Garden Suburb compared to the rest of the country. While 64.7% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is slightly lower than the national figure. This workforce is largely driven by people in health care and professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is 64.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is a little below the national average at 56.3%, and the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian figure at 3.6%.
64.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for residents at 21.3%. Other common industries include education and training at 10.9%, followed by retail trade and professional services, which both sit at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation in the area. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most frequent at 14.6%, while community and personal service workers make up 12.6% 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 Garden Suburb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11591/garden-suburb/topic/employment