4.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parklea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parklea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Parklea have shifted, with a now striking 63.8% of the workforce in full-time roles. While the area has a high proportion of full-time workers, the total number of adults working or looking for work is very low compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, those who are employed are likely to have full-time jobs, at 63.8%, well above the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
40.9% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.8% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 63.8%
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 15.0%. Professional and technical services follow at 10.5%, while retail trade accounts for 10.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.3%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 16.6%, followed by managers at 13.0%.
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 Parklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13164/parklea/topic/employment