6.1% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penrith · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Penrith
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Penrith, where 15% of the workforce is employed in these roles. While more people here work full-time than in most other areas, the local unemployment rate is much higher than in similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher proportion of people work full-time here than in most areas, with 60.9% in full-time roles. However, the unemployment rate is 6.1%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
57.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, other common industries for local workers include retail trade at 10.7%, construction at 9.2%, and education and training at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 15.2% and technicians and tradespeople at 12.1%.
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13195/penrith/topic/employment