5.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Roselands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Roselands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Roselands, where 12.7% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, with only 51.3% active in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.2% of residents have full-time jobs, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This low activity is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
51.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, retail trade is a major employer at 11.1%, while construction accounts for 9.4% of the workforce. Education and training and transport and warehousing also make up over 8% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the most common occupation group at 22.2%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 16.8%. Managers, technicians and trades, and sales workers make up the next largest groups.
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 Roselands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13423/roselands/topic/employment