4.6% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Marrickville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Marrickville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A growing number of residents now hold full-time roles in Marrickville, where 63.3% of the workforce is employed full-time. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The area has a high proportion of working adults and a strong concentration of professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 66.0% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While full-time employment is much higher than most areas, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, about the same as the national figure.
66.0% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by professional and technical services at 14.2%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 12.1%, and education and training at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large portion of the local workforce at 39.7%, followed by managers at 16.5%. Clerical and administrative workers represent 11.9% of occupations in the area.
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 Marrickville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12514/marrickville/topic/employment