4.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sunbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sunbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Sunbury, where 13.3% of employees work in that sector. The area has a strong workforce, with 66.4% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 61.3%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
66.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by construction and health care and social assistance, which employ 13.3% and 12.1% of the workforce respectively. Education and training (9.6%), retail trade (9.5%), and transport and warehousing (8.9%) are also key industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.5%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.3%, community and personal service workers at 12.5%, and managers at 11.7%.
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22391/sunbury/topic/employment