3.2% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Westleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Westleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Westleigh than in most similar areas. This active workforce sees 65% of adults engaged in the labour market, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of these residents are in stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 58.7%. Unemployment is a little below the national rate at 3.2%, while full-time employment sits at 58.1%.
65.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.1%
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 for local workers at 14.8%, followed closely by education and training at 14% and professional and technical services at 13.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.2%, with managers accounting for another 19.4%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, representing 14.6% of occupations.
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 Westleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14277/westleigh/topic/employment