9.3% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nowra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Nowra compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is coupled with a much higher unemployment rate of 9.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 9.3%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, with 53.6% of the workforce in full-time roles.
43.5% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Nowra, accounting for 21.3% of the workforce. Retail trade and accommodation and food services follow, each employing around 11% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 18.9%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.2% and labourers at 14.7%.
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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/employment