2.5% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gol Gol · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Gol Gol than in the rest of the state, with 68.9% of the adult population active in the workforce. This high level of activity is matched by a strong employment rate and a very low unemployment rate of 2.5%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher here than in most areas, with 64.8% of people in full-time roles. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
2.5% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.9% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.8% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13.6%, followed by construction at 11.3% and education and training at 10.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers is a manager, while 17.7% work as professionals and 14.3% are technicians or tradespeople.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Gol Gol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11697/gol-gol/topic/employment