4.8% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oakhurst
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 Oakhurst, where 15.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a steady employment landscape, with most working adults finding roles in a diverse mix of professional and trade services.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
61.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (15.9%) and retail trade (11.0%). Manufacturing and transport and warehousing also employ a significant portion of the community at 10.6% and 9.9% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 16.3%, followed closely by clerical and administrative staff at 15.6%. There is also a strong presence of machinery operators and drivers, who account for 15.1% of workers.
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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13069/oakhurst/topic/employment