2.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penrose · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Penrose
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of adults in Penrose are working or looking for work, at 50.2%. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, marking the area as one with a much smaller active workforce than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the New South Wales figure, with only 44.1% of people working those hours. However, the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 2.7%.
50.2% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.1% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are education and training at 16.2%, followed by construction at 13.5% and manufacturing at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.5%, while technicians and trades people account for 18.9% 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 Penrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13196/penrose/topic/employment