1.6% ▼ -60.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woolwich · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woolwich
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults work or look for work in Woolwich than in most other areas, with only 50.4% in the labour force. Despite this, those who are employed find work easily, as the unemployment rate is a very low 1.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, the local unemployment rate of 1.6% is well below the New South Wales average of 4.9%.
50.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 58.3%
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 here at 17.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 16.0% and finance and insurance at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large proportion of the workforce holds high-level roles, with 40.7% working as professionals and 26.3% as managers.
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 Woolwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14430/woolwich/topic/employment