0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Long Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Long Point compared to the rest of the country. Only 48.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is 13 percentage points below the national figure. However, those who do work are overwhelmingly employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 64.0%, well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national rates.
48.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 24.0%. Other significant sectors include education and training at 16.0%, followed by transport, warehousing, health care, and social assistance, each at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work roles are split evenly between community and personal service workers and labourers, both at 24.0%. Professionals and machinery operators and drivers each make up 20.0% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 12.0%.
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12391/long-point/topic/employment