7.9% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nambucca Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nambucca Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a full-time job is harder for many in Nambucca Heads, where only 36.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure and is paired with a higher-than-average unemployment rate of 7.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national level at 45.2%. The unemployment rate of 7.9% is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
36.5% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.2% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.8% and retail trade at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 17.8% of the workforce, while professionals account for 15.9%. Labourers and technicians or trades workers both sit around 14%.
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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12898/nambucca-heads/topic/employment