4.1% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eurobodalla · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Eurobodalla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Eurobodalla than in most other areas, though unemployment has dropped 3.4 percentage points since 2011. Only 45% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far below the national average. This creates a local job market where health care and construction are the primary employers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas at 45%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, and this has fallen slightly to 49.7% since 2011.
45.0% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 49.7%
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 15.9%, followed by construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 11.9%. Accommodation and food services also make up nearly a tenth of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.6%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 16.2%. Community and personal service workers make up 14% 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 Eurobodalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12750/eurobodalla/topic/employment