4.8% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meadowbank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meadowbank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 73.9% of adults in Meadowbank are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity is driven by a strong presence of full-time employees. Most of these residents hold high-level professional roles across a variety of specialised industries.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 67.7%, well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
73.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 73.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.7% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.4%
- 2016: 73.1%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 16.1%. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.1%, and finance and insurance at 12%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 42.4% of all jobs. Managers follow at 14.3%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.8% of occupations.
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 Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12560/meadowbank/topic/employment