3.6% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malabar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Malabar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Malabar than in most similar areas. While only 39.1% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed generally find steady work, with a 3.6% unemployment rate that is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 39.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 58.0%, which is about the same as the state average.
39.1% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with Education and training and Health care and social assistance both being the most common industries at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.9%, followed by managers at 18.2% and clerical or administrative roles at 13.4%.
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 Malabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12462/malabar/topic/employment