4.2% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bondi · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Bondi than in most similar areas. This high level of employment is driven by a strong professional workforce, with 70% of adults in the labour force.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 65.5%. While the unemployment rate of 4.2% is higher than in most areas, it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
4.2% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here, employing 19.3% of the workforce. Finance, insurance, and health care and social assistance each account for 9.6% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 41.4% of occupations and managers accounting for another 20.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Bondi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10462/bondi/topic/employment