3.0% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gerogery · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gerogery
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Gerogery, making up 15.4% of the workforce. The local job market is strong, with more adults working or looking for work than in the state or national figures. The area also maintains a low unemployment rate of 3.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment stands at 59.6%, while the unemployment rate of 3.0% is a little below the national figure.
62.9% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors. Aside from health care, the most common industries are construction at 13.2%, agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.2%, and education and training at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are the most common occupation at 16.6%. This is followed closely by professionals at 16.0% and technicians and trades workers at 15.7%.
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 Gerogery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11609/gerogery/topic/employment