4.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leura · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leura
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Leura than in most similar areas. Only 48.6% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a local workforce that is smaller than typical for the region.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, and full-time employment at 49.5% is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
48.6% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.5% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.8%, followed by education and training at 14.5%. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services at 10.8% and accommodation and food at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.4%, with managers accounting for another 17.6%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 11.4%.
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 Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12318/leura/topic/employment