14.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stratford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stratford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers in Stratford, where 16.7% of employees work in this sector. This is a struggling job market with an unemployment rate of 14.5%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at just 45.6%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, and full-time employment is also much lower than usual at 46.3%.
45.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several different sectors. Retail trade is the largest employer at 16.7%, followed by mining, manufacturing, and health care and social assistance, which each employ 14.8% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 22.2%. Managers and community and personal service workers are also common, each representing 18.5% 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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13687/stratford/topic/employment