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Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, where 16.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has seen a decline in full-time work, with the share of full-time employees falling 6.7 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga sits — Unemployment rate

5.5% ▼ -33.6%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga — higher than 68% of areas.

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga5.5%
2256, NSW 5.8%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment at 52.3% is also well below New South Wales, and the unemployment rate of 5.5% is higher than most areas.

Unemployment rate

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5.5% ▼ -33.6%

Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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50.2% ▲ +0.1%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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52.3% ▼ -11.3%

Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Beyond health care, the main industries for local workers are construction at 11.2%, retail trade at 9.1%, and professional and technical services at 7.8%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

One in five people here work as professionals, while 14.3% are technicians and tradespeople. Clerical and administrative roles make up 13.8% of occupations, followed by managers and community service workers at around 13% each.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga — Professionals leads at 21%, ahead of Technicians & trades (15%) and Clerical & administrative (14%).

Professionals 20.3% Technicians & trades 14.3% Clerical & administrative 13.8% Managers 13.4% Community & personal service 13.1% Labourers 9.2% Sales workers 8.7% Machinery operators & drivers 5.5%

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 Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011040/umina-booker-bay-patonga/topic/employment