2.9% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narellan Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narellan Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Narellan Vale than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 2.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.4% of adults are in the workforce, a figure well above the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
69.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 73.1%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance and construction both accounting for 12.6% of jobs. Education and training also play a large role at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 16.7%, followed closely by professionals at 16.6%. Technicians and tradespeople make up another 15% 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 Narellan Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12907/narellan-vale/topic/employment