6.5% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wentworthville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wentworthville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than 64% of workers in Wentworthville are employed full-time, a figure well above the national average. While a high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, the area also faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.5%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
63.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.3%. Finance and insurance and retail trade both account for 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.6%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.6% and managers at 10.2%.
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 Wentworthville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14245/wentworthville/topic/employment