7.2% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
San Remo · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in the workforce in San Remo compared to most similar areas. This is a community where 55.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 7.2%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time work is also less common here, with 52.1% of the workforce in full-time roles, well below the national average of 58.9%.
7.2% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
55.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.1%, followed by retail trade at 13.6% and construction at 13.1%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.1%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 15.8% and technicians and trades at 15.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in San Remo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13485/san-remo/topic/employment