8.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Harris Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Harris Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Higher unemployment than most similar areas marks the job market in Harris Park. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in the typical Australian town, a smaller proportion have found full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.3%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 54.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%.
62.3% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Harris Park is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical services (13.6%) and health care and social assistance (13.5%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.5%, followed by labourers at 13.8% and machinery operators and drivers at 12.1%.
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 Harris Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11867/harris-park/topic/employment