4.2% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Emerald Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Emerald Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Emerald Beach than in most similar areas. While 64.4% of the adult population is active in the labour market, a much lower share—53.1%—are in full-time roles compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, though the 4.2% unemployment rate is about the same as the state and national figures. Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales average by 4.9 percentage points.
64.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for local workers at 20.7%, followed by education and training at 11.2% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.7%, while 15.1% of the workforce everday tasks in community and personal service roles.
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 Emerald Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11414/emerald-beach/topic/employment