9.9% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Arrawarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Arrawarra than in other parts of the country. Only 31.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is matched by a high unemployment rate of 9.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate of 9.9% is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment is also low, with only 51.5% of the workforce in full-time roles.
31.4% ▲ +51.4%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.5% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 39.9% of the workforce. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 12.9%, and accommodation and food at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up nearly half of all workers at 48.5%. Professionals account for 12.3% of occupations, while managers represent 10.4%.
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 Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10089/arrawarra/topic/employment