3.7% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dee Why · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dee Why
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common employer for the 15.4% of workers in Dee Why. The area has a very active workforce, with a much higher share of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Unemployment is 3.7%, a little below both the state and national rates.
72.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 71.2%
- 2021: 72.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (15.4%), retail trade (10.6%), and professional and technical services (10.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.6%, followed by managers at 15.2% and technicians and tradespeople at 12.7%.
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 Dee Why [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11229/dee-why/topic/employment