0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Potato Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Potato Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny share of adults are working or looking for work in Potato Point, with only 36.3% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, though the area is currently seeing no unemployment at all.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 36.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also much lower than average at 39.6%, but the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
36.3% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.6% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in construction, where 17% of workers are employed, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.1%. Public administration and safety account for 11.3% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.3%. Managers and technicians or trades people are also common, each representing 17% of the local 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 Potato Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13265/potato-point/topic/employment