4.3% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oatley · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Oatley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment in Oatley has dropped by 5.9 percentage points since 2011, now sitting at 55.3%. While the share of full-time roles has fallen, the area has seen a positive shift in overall employment, with more adults now working or looking for work than a decade ago.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. Currently, 58.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has risen since 2011.
58.4% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 55.3%
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 13.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.6% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are professionals, with clerical and administrative roles making up 16.2% and managers accounting for 14.9% of the local workforce.
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 Oatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10062/oatley/topic/employment