8.1% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gateshead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gateshead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 8.1% marks a challenging job market for Gateshead, which is much higher than most similar areas. This struggle is reflected in a lower proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also low at 54.8%, falling well below the New South Wales figure.
54.1% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 54.8%
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 22.1%, followed by construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are labourers at 17.7%, community and personal service workers at 16.8%, and technicians and tradespeople at 16.7%.
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 Gateshead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11598/gateshead/topic/employment