4.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Narara than in most similar areas, with 64.4% participating in the labour force. While this engagement is high, full-time employment is well below the national figure, sitting at 53.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are well above the state and national figures, though the 4.4% unemployment rate is higher than most similar areas. Full-time work is less common here, at 53.5%, which is well below the 58.9% national average.
64.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 53.5%
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 19.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.9% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.0%, while technicians and trades people make up 14.6% of the workforce.
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 Narara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12905/narara/topic/employment