4.3% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Ryde
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 40% of the workforce in North Ryde are professionals, making it a major hub for high-skilled employment. The area has a very strong employment rate, with far more people working full-time than in the typical Australian suburb.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 64.1% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment is particularly high at 64.7%, while the unemployment rate of 4.3% is about the same as the national figure.
64.1% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is concentrated in high-value sectors, with 16.5% of people working in professional and technical services. Other major industries include health care and social assistance at 11.6% and finance and insurance at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by high-level roles, as 39.5% are professionals and 16.2% are managers. Clerical and administrative workers make up 14.1% of the area's jobs.
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 Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13015/north-ryde/topic/employment