3.3% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Haywards Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Haywards Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Work patterns in Haywards Bay have shifted since 2011, with a higher proportion of adults now working or looking for work. While 66.4% of adults are active in the labour force, the area sees a lower share of full-time employment compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this high activity, full-time employment at 54.7% is well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, a little below the Australian figure of 5.1%.
66.4% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.5%, followed by retail trade at 10.2%. Other notable sectors include public administration and safety at 8.5% and education and training at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 17.7%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 14.9%, managers at 13.5%, and community and personal service workers at 13.0%.
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 Haywards Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11887/haywards-bay/topic/employment