4.1% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Rocks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of working adults defines daily life in North Rocks, where 61.7% of the adult population is employed or seeking a job. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The local workforce is steady, with full-time employment sitting at 58.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the state average. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
61.7% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 58.3%
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 at 14.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.4% and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 33.2% of workers, while managers make up 16.6% 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 North Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13013/north-rocks/topic/employment