2.9% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moruya Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moruya Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Moruya Heads than in most other areas. Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, and the proportion of full-time employees is far below the national figure. This suggests a community with a high number of people who are retired or not working.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While full-time employment is far below the national average at 47.4%, the unemployment rate of 2.9% is a little below the Australian figure.
50.2% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 47.4%
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, employing 20.0% of the workforce. Construction (12.9%) and public administration and safety (11.4%) are also significant employers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 16.2% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.2%.
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 Moruya Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12746/moruya-heads/topic/employment