5.1% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dapto · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dapto
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Dapto, where 19.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a lower proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 54.8%, while the unemployment rate is 5.1%.
57.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the largest industries for local workers are construction at 11.2% and retail trade at 10.4%. Other common workplaces include accommodation and food services and manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.6%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.1% and professionals at 13.7%.
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 Dapto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11203/dapto/topic/employment