5.8% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Jetty · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Long Jetty
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Long Jetty than in most similar areas. The local job market shows a high unemployment rate of 5.8%, which is much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national 61.1%. Full-time employment is also low at 50.8%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
52.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 50.8%
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 here at 17.7%, followed by construction at 13.3% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.7%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 16.0%.
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 Long Jetty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12387/long-jetty/topic/employment