4.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Schofields · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Schofields
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment rates in Schofields have climbed significantly since 2011. This is now a highly active workforce where 74.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average. The area is dominated by full-time roles and a high proportion of professional workers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 74.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well above the national average at 66.6%, while the unemployment rate is 4.4%, about the same as for Australia.
74.1% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 71.1%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.6% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are health care and social assistance at 13.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 12.3% and finance and insurance at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 34.1%, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 14.6% and managers make up 13.3% of the 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 Schofields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13517/schofields/topic/employment