3.2% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Londonderry · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Londonderry
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Londonderry are employed in construction, marking it as a major industry for the area. While a higher proportion of adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures, full-time employment is notably lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 54.3%, and the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian average at 3.2%.
63.1% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the dominant industry for local workers at 19.1%. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 9.0%, retail trade at 8.5%, and transport and warehousing at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 18.8%. This is followed by clerical and administrative staff at 15.5%, and machinery operators and drivers at 14.9%.
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 Londonderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12384/londonderry/topic/employment