3.6% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manly · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Manly
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of people are working or looking for work in Manly than the state average. Around 69.4% of adults are in the labour force, with a strong focus on professional roles and full-time employment. This creates a workforce that is much more active than typical Australian areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 67.9%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. This helps explain why 69.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate far above the New South Wales figure.
69.4% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.9% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 70.9%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employers at 22.7%. Finance and insurance also make up a large slice of the local workforce at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles dominate the local workforce, with professionals making up 42.2% of jobs. Managers follow at 24.8%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 9.1%.
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 Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12485/manly/topic/employment