4.2% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stokers Siding · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are in the workforce in Stokers Siding than in the rest of the country. Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a high number of residents are not active in the labour market.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national average, with only 48.8% of residents working full-time. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
4.2% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.8% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 17.4%. Construction and education and training also employ a significant share of the population, at 11.6% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.2%. Managers make up 14% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 13.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Stokers Siding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13679/stokers-siding/topic/employment