4.1% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Epping · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Epping
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Forty-three percent of workers in North Epping are professionals, making it an area with a very high concentration of skilled roles. This professional focus is mirrored in the local workforce, where a high number of adults are employed full-time compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also slightly higher than the national average, while the unemployment rate of 4.1% is about the same as the rest of Australia.
63.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by professional and technical services at 16%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14% and education and training at 12.6%. Finance and insurance also make up a notable 8.7% of the area's industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 42.7% of local jobs, which is the most common occupation by far. Managers account for 18.8% of roles, while clerical and administrative positions make up 12.2%.
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 North Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13000/north-epping/topic/employment