3.1% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Ballina
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in East Ballina are working or looking for work compared to the national figure, with only 57.3% in the labour force. This shift in employment patterns is evident in the local workforce, where full-time roles are much less common than in most other areas. Despite this, the local unemployment rate remains low at 3.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure, with only 50.9% of residents in these roles. This contributes to a lower overall proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most areas.
57.3% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 20.0%, followed by education and training at 13.5% and construction at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.5%, while community and personal service roles account for 14.3% of occupations.
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 East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/employment