0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barragga Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barragga Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional and technical roles are the most common industry in Barragga Bay, where 22.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a small working population, though there is currently no unemployment reported.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 36.1%, but the unemployment rate is a very low 0.0%.
46.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
36.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work across the area is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical roles leading at 22.2%. Other services, accommodation and food, transport and warehousing, and education are all common, each accounting for roughly 14% to 17% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations are in community and personal service at 22.2%. Managers and clerical or administrative workers each make up 19.4% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 11.1%.
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 Barragga Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10211/barragga-bay/topic/employment