4.8% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Summer Hill · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Summer Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Summer Hill than in the state average. The area has a strong employment profile, with 61.6% of residents in full-time roles and a jobless rate of 4.8% that is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 65.2%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment has also risen since 2011 to 61.6%, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
65.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical roles are the most common, making up 14% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance (13.2%) and education and training (11.1%) are also major employers in the area.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 39.1%, followed by managers at 15.8%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 12.6% 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 Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10078/summer-hill/topic/employment