2.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gymea Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gymea Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common occupation in Gymea Bay, where 25.8% of workers are professionals. The area has a very high rate of people working or looking for work, though full-time roles are less common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 67.7% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 2.9%, slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
67.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the top industry for local workers at 13.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.4% and professional and technical services at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond professionals, managers make up 20.1% of the workforce. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.1% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.8%.
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 Gymea Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11834/gymea-bay/topic/employment