4.9% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Suffolk Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high number of residents are active in the workforce in Suffolk Park, though far fewer hold full-time roles compared to the national average. While 64.1% of adults are working or looking for work, only 43.7% have full-time jobs, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.9%. This suggests a local economy reliant on part-time or casual work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, at 64.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
64.1% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.7% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is led by the accommodation and food services industry at 15.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.5%. Other notable sectors include professional and technical services at 10% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28%, with managers following at 17.6%. Technicians and trades workers account for 14.3% of the local workforce.
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 Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/employment