10.8% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wiley Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wiley Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much lower employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Wiley Park. Only 44.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that sits far below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate of 10.8% is among the highest for similar areas and is well above the national figure of 5.1%. This is reflected in the fact that full-time employment is far below the New South Wales average, at just 44.9%.
44.9% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.9% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 15.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.4%. Transport and warehousing also employ a significant share of the workforce at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.3%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 13.2%, while community and personal service workers and sales workers both sit at 13.1%.
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 Wiley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14310/wiley-park/topic/employment