2.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sandy Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sandy Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Sandy Point than in most similar areas. A high percentage of the local workforce is in full-time roles, with 61.1% of residents employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 73.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 2.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
73.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.4%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in construction at 12.9% and health care and social assistance at 12.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional and managerial roles are the most common, accounting for 24.3% and 23.7% of jobs respectively, while clerical and administrative work makes up 14.3%.
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 Sandy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13502/sandy-point/topic/employment