3.9% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dolans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dolans Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Dolans Bay compared to the rest of the state. About 67% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Most of these residents hold professional or managerial roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While 57.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the Australian average of 5.1%.
67.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.6%. Construction and education and training also feature strongly, accounting for 12.3% and 11.5% of jobs respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 27% of workers. This is followed by managers at 20.9% and clerical or administrative staff at 18.2%.
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 Dolans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11268/dolans-bay/topic/employment