9.1% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bankstown · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Bankstown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Bankstown compared to the rest of the country. This gap is stark, with only 43.6% of adults in the workforce, which is 18 points below the national figure. The area also faces significant challenges with a high unemployment rate of 9.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work has fallen to 43.6%, a figure far below the state and national averages. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 49.4%, while the unemployment rate is well above the national average at 9.1%.
43.6% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.5%. Transport and warehousing, manufacturing and construction also employ significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.0%. Other common jobs include clerical and administrative work at 15.2%, and technicians and trades 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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10005/bankstown/topic/employment