3.9% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pretty Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pretty Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Pretty Beach are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a local population that leans heavily toward retirement or other non-working roles, though those who are employed often hold high-level positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.0% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 50.4%, while the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the national figure.
46.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for workers here at 15.2%, followed by education and training at 12.8% and health care and social assistance at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large share of the local workforce consists of professionals (34.4%) and managers (16.8%), while community and personal service roles make up 13.6% of occupations.
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 Pretty Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13273/pretty-beach/topic/employment