4.8% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Epping · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Epping
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people work full-time in Epping than in most similar areas. This is a highly employed community where 61.3% of adults have full-time roles, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The local workforce is dominated by high-skill professional and managerial roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. While the unemployment rate of 4.8% is around the middle for its level, full-time employment has fallen 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
61.1% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Epping is concentrated in high-skill sectors, with professional and technical services being the most common at 15.3%. Health care and social assistance follow at 14.1%, while education and training employ 10.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, as 40.8% of residents are professionals. Managers make up another 16.9%, while clerical and administrative workers account for 14.1% of occupations.
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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10028/epping/topic/employment