3.4% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Middle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Middle Cove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 42.8% of the workforce in Middle Cove, marking it as a highly skilled area. The community has a strong employment rate, with more adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This is reflected in the high proportion of full-time roles and a low unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 63.6% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also high at 62.4%, and the 3.4% unemployment rate is a little below the national figure.
63.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are professional and technical services at 21.9%, followed by finance and insurance at 12.4%. Other notable sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.2% and education and training at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles dominate the local workforce, with 42.8% of people working as professionals and 23.7% as managers. These two groups make up the vast majority of jobs, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.2%.
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 Middle Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12613/middle-cove/topic/employment