6.7% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Gosford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in North Gosford, where 21.3% of workers are found in this field. While most adults are in the workforce, the area faces a struggle with a higher than typical unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is slightly above the New South Wales figure. However, the unemployment rate of 6.7% is much higher than in most similar areas.
59.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries for local workers are retail trade at 9.8% and construction at 7.7%. Accommodation and food services and education and training each employ about 7.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.5%, followed by clerical and administrative work at 13.5%. Community and personal service workers make up 13% of the local 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 North Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13001/north-gosford/topic/employment