5.8% ▲ +90.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carey Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carey Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people in Carey Bay, where about 20.1% of the workforce is employed in the sector. This is a small area where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
46.9% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are construction at 11.1% and professional and technical services at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 24.1% of workers are professionals, while managers make up 19.5% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative roles are also common at 15.2%.
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 Carey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10811/carey-bay/topic/employment