5.5% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Marsfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Marsfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate than most similar areas marks the job market in Marsfield. While around 59.3% of adults are working or looking for work, the local jobless rate sits at 5.5%. This is slightly above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Overall, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is about the same as the state average.
59.3% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 59.6%
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 here, employing 14.2% of people. Professional and technical services follow closely at 13.6%, with education and training accounting for 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 39.0%. This high proportion of professional roles is consistent with the strong local presence of health and technical industries, while clerical and administrative roles make up 14.4%.
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 Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12516/marsfield/topic/employment