5.9% ▼ -46.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Batehaven · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Batehaven
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 Batehaven than in most similar areas. Only 43.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This stands in contrast to an unemployment rate of 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment at 54.7% is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This contributes to a low labour force rate, which is 18 points lower than the Australian average.
43.5% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.5%, followed by retail trade at 15.1% and accommodation and food services at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal services at 15.5%, with technicians and trades making up 14.8% of the 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 Batehaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10228/batehaven/topic/employment