1.8% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sutton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sutton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are in the workforce in Sutton than in most similar areas. This creates a strong local employment profile where 64.7% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is very low at just 1.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is robust here, with 64.4% of people working full-time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0% and the national average of 58.9%.
64.7% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.4% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in public administration and safety (19.5%) and construction (16.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely comprised of professionals (23.0%) and managers (22.9%), followed by technicians and trades at 15.0%.
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 Sutton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13717/sutton/topic/employment