3.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Holgate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Holgate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Holgate than in most similar areas. While 65.4% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is far below the national figure, with only 46.2% of residents working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.2%, which is a little below both the New South Wales (4.9%) and Australian (5.1%) figures. However, full-time work is far less common here than in the rest of the state.
65.4% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.2% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 46.2%
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 16.6%, followed by construction at 13.7% and education and training at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.4%, with managers accounting for another 16.8% of the local workforce.
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 Holgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11928/holgate/topic/employment