3.2% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narrabeen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narrabeen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 5.6 percentage points separates Narrabeen from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. While the typical resident is employed, only 55.5% of adults are in the workforce. This is well below the figures seen across New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure, though the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national averages at 3.2%. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
55.5% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work across the area is split almost evenly between construction, professional and technical services, and health care and social assistance, each accounting for around 12% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29%, followed by managers at 18.2% and technicians or tradespeople at 14.3%.
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 Narrabeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12911/narrabeen/topic/employment