4.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Linley Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Linley Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles dominate the workforce in Linley Point, with 40.1% of workers in these positions. This highly skilled employment profile is reflected in the local labour force, where 63.5% of adults are working or looking for work—a figure well above the New South Wales average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here at 61.5%, which is well above the state figure of 58.0%. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, sitting a little below the national average of 5.1%.
63.5% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are professional and technical services at 16.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.1%. Finance and insurance account for 9.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond professionals, managers make up a large share of the local workforce at 25.5%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 14.6% and sales work at 7.8%.
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 Linley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12350/linley-point/topic/employment