2.8% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Little Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Little Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common way people earn a living in Little Bay, making up 31.9% of workers. The area has a very strong employment rate, with a typical unemployment rate of 2.8% which is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. Full-time employment is higher than most areas at 60.7%, sitting a little above the national figure.
60.2% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 60.7%
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 12.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.8% and construction at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond professionals, a large proportion of the workforce are managers (21.1%) or in clerical and administrative roles (12.9%). Technicians and trades people make up 10.2% of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Little Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Little Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12358/little-bay/topic/employment