4.6% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sawtell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sawtell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in employment patterns has seen Sawtell move away from traditional full-time work. Only 51.2% of residents are employed full-time, which is well below both the state and national figures. This makes it a place where fewer adults are in standard full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, at 56%. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
56.0% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 22.3%, followed by education and training at 11.1% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.2%, with community and personal service workers following at 13.8%.
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 Sawtell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13513/sawtell/topic/employment