4.8% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of adults in Glenwood are working or looking for work, which is far above the state and national figures. This is a high-earning area where full-time employment is much more common than in most other places. A large proportion of the local workforce holds professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 69.1% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well above the national figure at 62.5%, while the unemployment rate is 4.8%, about the same as the rest of the country.
69.1% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 62.5%
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 residents at 14.6%. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services at 10.8%, followed by retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation in Glenwood, accounting for 31.3% of workers. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 16.0%, while managers account for 15.2% of the local 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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11686/glenwood/topic/employment