2.8% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rodd Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rodd Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Rodd Point are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state. This workforce is strongly geared toward high-skill roles, with over a third of residents working as professionals.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 65.2% of adults are in the workforce, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The local unemployment rate of 2.8% is a little below both the state and national figures.
65.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 13.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and education and training at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 33.6% of workers and managers accounting for 23.2%.
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 Rodd Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13406/rodd-point/topic/employment