3.5% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Milperra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Milperra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates Milperra from the national average for full-time employment. While most adults are working or looking for work, the area has a smaller share of full-time roles than most similar places. This creates a distinct employment profile compared to the wider state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. However, full-time employment is well below the national level at 52.6%, while the unemployment rate of 3.5% is a little below the national figure.
59.1% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 12.9%, followed closely by construction at 12.2% and health care and social assistance at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five people here works as a professional, making up 20.4% of the workforce. Other common roles include clerical and administrative jobs at 18.4% and technicians and trades at 15.4%.
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 Milperra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12636/milperra/topic/employment