2.7% ▼ -73.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Shore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are employed full-time in North Shore than in most similar areas. While 58.1% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate of 2.7% is lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment at 54.3% is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. However, the 2.7% unemployment rate is lower than most areas and a little below the 5.1% Australian average.
58.1% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 23.7%, followed by construction at 15.6% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.1%, with community and personal service workers also common at 17.9%.
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 Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13016/north-shore/topic/employment