3.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narraweena · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narraweena
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is less common in Narraweena than in most similar areas, with only 54.8% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the national figure of 58.9%. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is low at 3.5%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 58.8% of the population, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. However, the share of people in full-time jobs is much lower than in most other areas.
58.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 54.8%
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 for local workers at 13.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and construction at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.1%, with managers following at 17.1% and clerical or administrative roles at 13.4%.
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 Narraweena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12919/narraweena/topic/employment