4.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rouse Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rouse Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Rouse Hill compared to the rest of the state. This active workforce is headlined by a strong full-time employment rate of 62.1%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 73% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
73.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 74.9%
- 2021: 73.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 62.1%
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 13%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.3% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.2%, with managers accounting for 17.3% and clerical and administrative roles at 14.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Rouse Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Rouse Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13444/rouse-hill/topic/employment