4.4% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Petersham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High employment rates define daily life in Petersham, where nearly 70% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the New South Wales figure, with a particularly strong 64% of the workforce in full-time roles. While the unemployment rate is 4.4%, it remains higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 69.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas, sitting at 64% compared to 58.9% across Australia.
69.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.9%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in professional and technical services at 15.9%, followed by health care, social assistance, and education, which each account for 12.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 43.0%, alongside managers at 16.8% and clerical or administrative staff at 11.9%.
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 Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/employment