1.7% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Windella · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Windella
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of adults in Windella are working or looking for work, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This high level of activity is matched by a very low unemployment rate of 1.7%, which is well below the national figure. The local workforce is strong, with more people in full-time roles than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high proportion of the community is employed, with 61.2% in full-time work, which is well above the state average. This helps explain why the unemployment rate is so low at 1.7% compared to 5.1% across Australia.
69.9% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
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 14.5%, followed closely by mining at 14.3%. Other notable employers include education and training at 11.7% and manufacturing at 7.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 17.4% of the workforce, while managers represent 15.6% of local jobs.
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 Windella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14335/windella/topic/employment