2.4% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rankin Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rankin Park
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 Rankin Park, with 21.5% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a strong employment record, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, reaching 65.0%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, though full-time employment is a little below the national level at 56.0%.
65.0% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for residents are education and training at 13.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 8.3% and retail trade at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for the local workforce at 33.5%. Other typical jobs include clerical and administrative work at 14.0% and managers at 11.6%.
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 Rankin Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13328/rankin-park/topic/employment