3.5% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
St Peters · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in St Peters
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in St Peters compared to the rest of the state. Roughly 79% of the adult population is active in the labour force, with 69.4% employed full-time. This level of employment is far above both the New South Wales and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is very active, with an unemployment rate of 3.5% which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is particularly strong here, sitting 11 points higher than the state average.
79.0% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 76.4%
- 2021: 79.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.4% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 73.6%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 16.4%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.1%, and both finance and education at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 39.9% of all jobs. Managers follow at 20.3%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.9% of occupations.
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 St Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13659/st-peters/topic/employment