7.6% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Weston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Weston, where 15.9% of employees work in this sector. While many people here have full-time roles, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 7.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 55.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a result well below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%.
55.3% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, retail trade is the next biggest employer at 11.5%, followed by construction at 9.7% and manufacturing at 8.4%. Accommodation and food services also employ 8.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and tradespeople at 18.5%, followed by labourers at 15.7%. Other frequent occupations include community and personal service workers, clerical staff, and machinery operators.
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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14279/weston/topic/employment