4.7% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elizabeth Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elizabeth Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional careers dominate daily life in Elizabeth Bay, where 70.3% of the workforce is employed full-time. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. It is a highly active job market where a huge proportion of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian average. While full-time employment is far higher than the state average, the unemployment rate of 4.7% is higher than in most similar areas.
69.5% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.3% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 76.3%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in high-skill sectors, with 22% in professional and technical services and 10.4% in finance and insurance. Other common industries include health care, education, and public administration.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of workers are professionals, while 22.7% are managers. These high-level roles make up the bulk of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 10.4%.
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 Elizabeth Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11398/elizabeth-bay/topic/employment