10.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Guildford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A struggle to find steady work defines daily life for many in Guildford, where the unemployment rate of 10.6% is among the highest for similar areas. Only 40.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a challenging economic landscape for the community.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few residents have stable full-time roles, with only 49.7% employed full-time, well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This trend is linked to a high unemployment rate of 10.6%, which is well above the national average of 5.1%.
40.5% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors in the area are health care and social assistance at 14.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and construction at 10.3%. Transport and warehousing and education also provide significant local employment.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.5%, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 15.0%. Other notable roles include technicians and trades at 13.5% and community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11796/guildford/topic/employment