14.1% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Villawood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Villawood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A staggering 14.1% unemployment rate marks Villawood as one of the hardest hit areas for job seekers. This is well above the national figure of 5.1%, reflecting a local workforce that struggles significantly more than the rest of the country to find steady work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 31.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 48.7%, falling far below the Australian average.
31.4% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.7% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 48.7%
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 13.3%, followed by manufacturing at 11.6%. Other significant employers include transport and warehousing and construction, both at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.1%. This is followed by a strong presence of machinery operators and drivers at 14.3% and labourers at 13.3%.
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 Villawood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14092/villawood/topic/employment