1.4% ▼ -67.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Matcham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Matcham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Matcham, where 21.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very small unemployment rate of 1.4%, which is well below the national figure. While many people are employed, full-time work is much less common here than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. However, full-time employment is well below the New South Wales average, at just 48.9%.
61.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most popular industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 21.3%, followed by construction at 12.9% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.2%, with managers accounting for another 19.9% of the local workforce.
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 Matcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12530/matcham/topic/employment