5.7% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rhodes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rhodes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Rhodes than in most other areas. This workforce is strongly skewed toward full-time roles, with 65.5% of residents employed full-time, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While employment is high, the unemployment rate of 5.7% is also much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 58.7%. This high level of activity is reflected in the fact that full-time employment is much more common here than in most other areas.
69.5% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 17.6%, followed by finance and insurance at 12.6%. Health care and social assistance also make up a significant part of the local economy at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 43.8% of all roles. Managers account for another 15.3%, while clerical and administrative workers represent 13.1% 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 Rhodes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13372/rhodes/topic/employment