5.7% ▼ -52.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Callala Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Callala Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Callala Beach compared to the rest of the country. Only 45% of adults are in the labour force, which is 16 percentage points below the Australian figure. This gap defines the local job market, where few residents hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below state and national levels at 53.7%. While few people are working, the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
45.0% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for local workers are public administration and safety at 14.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and retail trade at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 20.4% and 18.7% of the workforce respectively. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.3%.
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 Callala Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10757/callala-beach/topic/employment