4.6% ▼ -39.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pottsville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pottsville
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 Pottsville, where 18.3% of workers are in this sector. This is a place where fewer adults are in the workforce compared to most other areas, and full-time employment is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most areas. Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 49.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
57.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 18.3%, followed by construction at 12.9% and education and training at 12.2%. Retail trade and food and accommodation also make up significant portions of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.4%. Other common jobs include technicians and trades at 16.1% and community and personal service workers at 14.5%.
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 Pottsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13269/pottsville/topic/employment