4.4% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dunoon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dunoon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people work full-time in Dunoon compared to most similar areas. While about 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
58.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 22.8%, followed by education and training at 12% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.5%. Managers account for 15.2%, while technicians, trades, community services, and labourers each make up around 12% of the workforce.
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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11328/dunoon/topic/employment