3.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Phillip Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Phillip Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work has become much more common in Phillip Bay, where 62.6% of the workforce now holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The local job market is stable, with an unemployment rate of 3.2% that sits a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the state average. However, those who do have jobs are more likely to be full-time compared to most other areas.
58.0% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.6% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 62.6%
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 at 14.4%, followed closely by construction at 13.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 24.9%, while technicians, trades, and managers each make up around 16% of the workforce.
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 Phillip Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13205/phillip-bay/topic/employment