2.4% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woronora Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woronora Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Woronora Heights, where 13% of workers are in this field. The area has a very high rate of people working or looking for work, and unemployment is quite low at 2.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, at 72.7%. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian 5.1%.
72.7% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.8%
- 2016: 77.2%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with 11.3% in education and training and 9.3% in public administration and safety. Construction and professional and technical services each employ 9.2% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.6%, followed by clerical and administrative jobs at 17.9%. Managers make up 16.1% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 14.1%.
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 Woronora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14440/woronora-heights/topic/employment