3.2% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broadwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.9% of adults in Broadwater are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This low level of activity is mirrored by a much lower proportion of full-time workers compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 49.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.2%, a little below both the state and national figures.
54.9% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.9% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%, while managers account for 14.6% and community and personal service workers represent 13.6% 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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10577/broadwater/topic/employment