3.0% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pambula Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pambula Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of adults in Pambula Beach are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. While the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian average at 3.0%, far fewer people here hold full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 58.7%. Similarly, full-time employment is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 52.5%.
51.7% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction and health care and social assistance both employing 11.6% of people. Accommodation and food services follow closely at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 20.1%, followed by managers at 18.2%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 16.5% of the local working population.
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 Pambula Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13152/pambula-beach/topic/employment