7.8% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Haven · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Haven
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates North Haven from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. Only 36.1% of adults are in the labour force, making this one of the lowest rates for areas of its size. This is paired with a local unemployment rate of 7.8%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few residents work full-time, with 49.1% doing so, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Overall, the number of adults working or looking for work is far below both the state and national averages.
36.1% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.1% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 49.1%
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 at 19.0%, followed by construction at 13.9%. Other common fields include accommodation and food services, education and training, and retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.6%. They are followed by community and personal service workers at 17.4% and labourers at 16.6%.
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 North Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13002/north-haven/topic/employment