4.9% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leppington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leppington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Workforce numbers have shifted as Leppington grew, with 64% of adults now working or looking for work. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While most people have found jobs, the 4.9% unemployment rate is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is about the same as the national figure. The proportion of adults working or looking for work is a little above the Australian average of 61.1%.
64.0% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 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 most common industry at 13.7%, followed by construction at 10.4% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.1%, while clerical and administrative jobs account for 15.1% 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 Leppington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12314/leppington/topic/employment