5.1% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Islington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Islington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Islington than in most similar areas. This high level of workforce activity is seen alongside a typical full-time employment rate of 58.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 74.2% of adults are working or looking for work—far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%—the unemployment rate is 5.1%, which is about the same as the national level.
74.2% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 74.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.5%, followed by education and training at 11.8% and professional and technical services at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.7%, while community and personal service workers account for 14.2% 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 Islington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11999/islington/topic/employment