3.4% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Double Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Double Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Double Bay. A strong majority of the local adults are in the workforce, with 67.3% working full-time. This is well above the 58.9% figure for Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure at 66.3%. Unemployment is a little below the Australian rate, sitting at 3.4%.
66.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 22.3%, followed by finance and insurance at 15.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 45.0% of workers, and managers at 24.1%.
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 Double Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11283/double-bay/topic/employment