4.6% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gillieston Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gillieston Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Gillieston Heights compared to the rest of the country. About 73.3% of adults are in the labour force, and 61.4% are employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far above the national figure, sitting at 73.3%. While 61.4% have full-time jobs, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
73.3% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 61.4%
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 local workers at 17.2%, followed by retail trade at 12.2% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, with technicians and tradespeople also common at 15.2%.
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 Gillieston Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11628/gillieston-heights/topic/employment