5.2% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pennant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pennant Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High employment rates shape daily life in Pennant Hills, where 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, with a strong lean towards stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here, with 60.5% of the workforce in these roles, which is higher than most areas. The unemployment rate is 5.2%, about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
62.3% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 60.5%
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 at 16.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.5% and education and training at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely white-collar, with professionals making up 38.5% of jobs and managers another 17.1%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 14.4%.
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 Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13194/pennant-hills/topic/employment