2.8% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Russell Lea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Russell Lea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate of 64.3% defines Russell Lea, where far more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This is a productive community with a high proportion of full-time roles and an unemployment rate that is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 61.7% of the workforce in such roles, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This strength is reflected in the local unemployment rate, which is just 2.8%.
64.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 61.7%
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 13.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.5% and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals and managers, who make up 33.7% and 22.6% of all occupations respectively. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.6%.
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 Russell Lea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13462/russell-lea/topic/employment