4.6% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ropes Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ropes Crossing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Ropes Crossing compared to the rest of the country. This active workforce is reflected in the 62.6% of residents who have full-time jobs, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 68.1%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Unemployment sits at 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
68.1% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.4%
- 2016: 73.5%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.3%, followed by retail trade at 10.3% and transport and warehousing at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.1%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 17.6%. Other common jobs include machinery operators and drivers at 12.1%.
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 Ropes Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13411/ropes-crossing/topic/employment