4.2% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Thornleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Thornleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults in Thornleigh are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state. This workforce is notably stable, with 61.4% of the population employed full-time, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 67.0% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate sits at 4.2%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
67.0% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 15.0%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.7% and education and training at 13.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 38.1%, while managers make up a further 17.5% of the working population.
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 Thornleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13866/thornleigh/topic/employment