3.6% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northbridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Northbridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 42.3% of the workforce in Northbridge, marking it as the most common occupation here. This high concentration of skilled workers is reflected in the industry data, where professional, technical, and financial roles dominate the local economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
59.5% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 19.1%, followed by finance and insurance at 15.7%. Health care, social assistance, and education also make up significant portions of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals and managers accounting for 67.2% of all occupations. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 11.3%.
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 Northbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13032/northbridge/topic/employment