3.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Padstow Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the national figures, only 54.3% of adults in Padstow Heights are working or looking for work. This gap is seen in the low share of full-time employment, which is 54.0%. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people are in the workforce here than in most similar areas, with 54.0% in full-time jobs compared to 58.9% across Australia. This contributes to a total workforce participation rate that is well below the New South Wales figure.
54.3% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 54.0%
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 for local workers at 11.8%, followed by education and training at 10.5% and construction at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.4%, while 17.8% of the local workforce takes on clerical and administrative positions.
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/employment