5.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bow Bowing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bow Bowing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Bow Bowing than in the national average. While 63.9% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are well above the New South Wales figure. However, full-time employment at 55.2% is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
63.9% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 73.1%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employment sectors in the area are transport and warehousing at 10.7%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 10.3% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 18.8%, while professionals make up 16% 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 Bow Bowing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10524/bow-bowing/topic/employment