3.4% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sylvania · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sylvania
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in Sylvania are in the workforce compared to most other areas. Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower activity rate is mirrored in full-time employment, which is also well below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 53.8%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. Despite fewer people working, the unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
54.9% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 12.8%. Construction and retail trade also follow closely, at 10.7% and 10.2% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 24% of workers. Managers make up another 18.4% of the workforce, while 15.9% work in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Sylvania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13732/sylvania/topic/employment