5.5% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rathmines · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rathmines
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate of 5.5% than most similar areas marks the job market in Rathmines. While full-time work is common for those employed, fewer adults overall are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 57.6%, about the same as the state average.
55.1% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.8%, followed by education and training at 10.8% and construction at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are technicians and tradespeople (19.2%) or professionals (19.1%), while 15.1% work in community and personal services.
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 Rathmines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13332/rathmines/topic/employment