4.7% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oak Flats · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oak Flats
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Oak Flats compared to the national figure. Only 56.5% of adults are in the labour force, and the proportion of full-time employees is well below the New South Wales average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is 56.5%, which is lower than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also low at 53.7%, while the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
56.5% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 53.7%
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 for workers here at 16.9%, followed by construction at 13.1% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.8% and professionals at 14.5%.
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 Oak Flats [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13064/oak-flats/topic/employment