3.8% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Neutral Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Neutral Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are employed here than in most similar areas, making Neutral Bay a significant hub of working professionals. Around 72% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 70.1%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
71.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.1% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.8%
- 2016: 74.7%
- 2021: 70.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the main industry here, employing 21.2% of the workforce. Other large sectors include finance and insurance at 13.1% and health care and social assistance at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 42.6% of jobs and managers accounting for 22.6%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 11.6%.
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 Neutral Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12943/neutral-bay/topic/employment