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Wallsend - Elermore Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Wallsend - Elermore Vale

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

Fewer full-time roles define the recent shift in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, where full-time employment fell by 5.6 percentage points since 2011. While more adults are now working or looking for work, the area has a higher unemployment rate than most similar places. Health care and social assistance are the biggest employers here.

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📍 Wallsend - Elermore Vale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Wallsend - Elermore Vale sits — Unemployment rate

5.4% ▲ +1.2%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Wallsend - Elermore Vale — higher than 66% of areas.

Wallsend - Elermore Vale5.4%
2287, NSW 5.1%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The proportion of people in full-time work is 55.7%, which is much lower than in most other areas and well below the national figure. This comes alongside an unemployment rate of 5.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.

Unemployment rate

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5.4% ▲ +1.2%

Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

Labour-force participation

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57.8% ▲ +1.9%

Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

Employed full-time

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55.7% ▼ -9.1%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the dominant industry, employing 21.6% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include retail trade at 9.4% and education and training at 9.3%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.1%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.1%, and community and personal service workers at 13.9%.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Wallsend - Elermore Vale — Professionals leads at 24%, ahead of Technicians & trades (14%) and Community & personal service (14%).

Professionals 24.1% Technicians & trades 14.1% Community & personal service 13.9% Clerical & administrative 12.3% Labourers 9.5% Managers 9.2% Sales workers 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers 6.5%

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 Wallsend - Elermore Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031233/wallsend-elermore-vale/topic/employment