5.6% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mayfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Mayfield compared to the state average. While 63% of adults are in the labour force, the area also faces an unemployment rate of 5.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.6%, which is much higher than most areas. Around 63% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 58.7%.
63.0% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 57.8%
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 for local workers at 20%, followed by education and training at 10%. Other common sectors include accommodation and food services, retail trade, and professional services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.4% and technicians and tradespeople at 13%.
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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12540/mayfield/topic/employment