3.1% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cabarita · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cabarita
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Work patterns in Cabarita have remained steady over the last decade, with a workforce now largely focused on professional roles. A high proportion of the local population is employed in high-skill industries, though fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is quite low at 3.1%, slightly lower than the New South Wales average of 4.9%.
55.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 59.0%
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 for local workers at 13.5%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 34.6% of workers and managers accounting for another 26.8%.
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 Cabarita [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10734/cabarita/topic/employment