3.3% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Valley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Valley Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong attachment to the workforce defines Valley Heights, where 62.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the New South Wales figure, and with an unemployment rate of just 3.3%, more people here have jobs than in the typical Australian community.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.6% of adults are in the workforce, which is well above the state average. While 56.6% have full-time roles, this is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
62.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 16.1%, followed closely by education and training at 14.8%. Public administration and safety also employ a significant 9.1% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.2%. Managers account for 15% of roles, while clerical and administrative staff make up 14.5% of the 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 Valley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14087/valley-heights/topic/employment