5.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Strathfield South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathfield South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Strathfield South compared to the state average. While 62.2% of adults are in the labour force, the area also faces a higher unemployment rate than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, the unemployment rate of 5.5% is much higher than most other areas.
62.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.4%, followed by professional and technical services and education and training, which both sit at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One third of workers are professionals, while 15.7% hold clerical or administrative roles and 15.3% are managers.
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 Strathfield South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13691/strathfield-south/topic/employment