6.0% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Katoomba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Katoomba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in full-time work in Katoomba than in most other areas, with only 43% of residents employed full-time. This is much lower than the national figure of 58.9%. This trend is reflected in a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work and a higher unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 53.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 6.0%, a little above the New South Wales rate of 4.9%.
53.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.0% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 43.0%
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 18.3%, followed by education and training at 12.3%. Accommodation and food services also make up a large slice of the local economy at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29.0%. Community and personal service workers make up 15.5%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 12.3% of the 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 Katoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12085/katoomba/topic/employment