2.2% ▼ -81.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Crabbes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers are the most common type of worker in Crabbes Creek, making up 18% of the local workforce. While 61% of adults are working or looking for work, the area has a much lower rate of full-time employment compared to the rest of the state.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 2.2%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. However, full-time employment is far below the national average, with only 43.7% of the workforce in full-time roles.
2.2% ▼ -81.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
61.0% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.7% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with education and training (14.4%) and health care and social assistance (13.8%) as the most common industries. Construction also accounts for 13.2% of the work here.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, the local workforce is largely made up of technicians and trades (17.4%) and community and personal service workers (16.2%). Professionals and labourers each make up 15% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Crabbes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11102/crabbes-creek/topic/employment