4.0% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Prospect
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Prospect, where 14.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a steady job market and a workforce that mirrors state and national patterns in most categories.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is slightly higher than the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 4%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
61.0% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the biggest employers are in retail trade at 10.2%, construction at 8.5%, and manufacturing at 8.3%. Transport and warehousing also employ a significant 8.2% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 20.5% of jobs. Other frequent occupations include clerical and administrative work at 17.2%, and technicians and trades at 12.8%.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13278/prospect/topic/employment