5.8% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pembrooke · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pembrooke
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Pembrooke than in most similar areas. Only 54.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also low at 53.7%, falling well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
54.7% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer here, with 27.8% of workers in the sector. Health care and social assistance follows at 16.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five workers are managers (20.4%), while professionals make up 18.5% of the local workforce. Community and personal service roles account for 16.7% of jobs.
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 Pembrooke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13191/pembrooke/topic/employment