2.6% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bangor · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bangor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A quarter of workers in Bangor are professionals, making it a highly skilled community. While a larger proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, the unemployment rate is notably low at 2.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 56.4%, slightly below the national figure of 58.9%.
63.7% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest local employers are in education and training at 12.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.4% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.4%, with managers at 17.4% and clerical or administrative staff at 16.6% also common.
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 Bangor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10178/bangor/topic/employment