4.8% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maryland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maryland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Maryland than in the rest of New South Wales. This active workforce supports a diverse local economy, with nearly one in five people employed in health care and social assistance.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the state figure of 58.7%. While the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than most similar areas, it remains about the same as the national rate of 5.1%.
65.6% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance, which employs 19.3% of people. Retail trade follows at 10.1%, with construction making up 9.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 17.6%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 16.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.4% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.7%.
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 Maryland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12524/maryland/topic/employment