0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shannondale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shannondale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than a third of workers in Shannondale are labourers, reflecting a local economy driven by hands-on roles. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 0.0%, it has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the New South Wales average at 52.2%.
46.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Shannondale is spread across several sectors, with construction being the most common at 21.7%, followed by manufacturing and health care and social assistance at 17.4% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up 34.8% of the workforce, while technicians and trades and community and personal service workers each account for 17.4% of jobs.
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 Shannondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13542/shannondale/topic/employment