3.7% ▼ -67.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rocky Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers in Rocky Point, where 15.0% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The local job market is fairly steady, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is about the same as the state average. Full-time employment sits at 56.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
59.2% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond retail, the local workforce is spread across construction at 13.3%, accommodation and food services at 12.5%, and health care and social assistance at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest occupational group at 18.3%, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 14.2% and managers at 13.3%.
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 Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13403/rocky-point/topic/employment