3.0% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Canada Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Canada Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of full-time workers defines the employment landscape in Canada Bay. Full-time employment sits at 65.3%, which is well above both the state and national figures. This reflects a workforce that is generally well-employed with a low unemployment rate of 3.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure slightly above the national average. Full-time employment is particularly strong here at 65.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
62.2% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 65.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 11.2%. Education and training follow closely at 10.6%, while construction accounts for 10.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common, making up 31.2% of jobs, followed by managers at 20.2%. Clerical and administrative positions account for another 15.6% 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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10784/canada-bay/topic/employment