4.9% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Padstow · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Padstow
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
One quarter of workers in Padstow are professionals, making this the most common occupation in the area. The local workforce is smaller than in most similar areas, with a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 55.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, and the 4.9% unemployment rate is higher than in most similar areas.
55.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 12.2%, followed by education and training and retail trade, which both sit at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 25%, while clerical and administrative jobs make up 17.3% 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 Padstow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13131/padstow/topic/employment