1.2% ▼ -74.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dawes Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dawes Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of just 1.2% marks Dawes Point as an area where almost everyone is employed. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%, creating a highly active local workforce with a strong concentration of high-level professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 66.7% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, and 59.3% of the population are employed full-time.
66.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is led by professional and technical services at 20.3%, followed by finance and insurance at 14.4% and health care and social assistance at 14.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles dominate the local job market, with professionals making up 39.0% of workers and managers accounting for 35.2%.
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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/employment