2.7% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Avoca Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Avoca Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small unemployment rate of 2.7% makes Avoca Beach a place where most working-age residents have found a job. While more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 49.2%, sitting nearly 10 points below the Australian average.
63.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 18.1%, followed by construction at 12.3% and education and training at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.0%, with managers accounting for another 16.3% 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 Avoca Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10115/avoca-beach/topic/employment