7.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rooty Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rooty Hill
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 Rooty Hill, where 17.5% of workers are in this field. While many residents have stable full-time roles, the area faces a tougher job market than most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 7.0%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Overall, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 55.3%, well below the Australian average of 61.1%.
55.3% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for workers are retail trade at 10.5%, manufacturing at 9.8%, and transport and warehousing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five residents are professionals, and clerical and administrative roles are also common at 15.7%. Machinery operators and drivers make up another 15.0% 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 Rooty Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13410/rooty-hill/topic/employment