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Northern Sydney

Map of Northern Sydney

Area Profile

  • Unemployment Rate : 2.60 %
  • Job Seekers : 9 163
  • Average Job Seeker Age : 39
  • Average Job Seeker Unemployment Duration : 13 months
  • Working Age Population (15-64) : 488 405

2006 Census of Population and Housing Statistics

  • Number of People who Identified as Indigenous (15-64) : 1 068
  • Indigenous Employment Rate (15-64) : 68.5 %
  • Number of People Born Overseas (15-64) : 164 813
  • Number of People Born in Non-English Speaking Countries (15-64) : 101 184
  • Number of People Employed : 344 703
  • Employment Rate (15-64) : 76.8 %
  • Employment Rate for People Born Overseas in Non-English Speaking Countries : 69.7 %

Area Profile Source : DEEWR adminstrative data September 2009 except for the working age population which is ABS Estimated Resident Population June 2007 and the unemployment rate which is a DEEWR Employment Service Area estimate, derived from DEEWR's Small Area Labour Markets Statistical Local Area estimates December quarter 2008.

'Job Seeker' is defined as persons registered and active with Job Services Australia.

'Unemployment Duration' is measured as the time the job seeker has been registered with Centrelink.