4.8% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buff Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buff Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest industry for workers in Buff Point, where 19.2% of employees work in this field. The area has a smaller workforce than most similar places, with only 53.1% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of residents have full-time jobs, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While the unemployment rate is 4.8%, this is higher than most similar areas.
53.1% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer for 15.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include retail trade at 11.5% and education and training at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of occupations at 17.2%. Community and personal service workers follow at 15.5%, with professionals accounting for 14.4% 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 Buff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10642/buff-point/topic/employment