3.8% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Seaham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Seaham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well above the national figure, 68.6% of adults in Seaham are working or looking for work. This high level of employment is paired with a low unemployment rate of 3.8%, which is a little below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.6% of adults are in the workforce, which is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also slightly higher than the national figure, sitting at 59.9%.
68.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 13.7%, followed closely by construction at 12.8% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades at 17.6% and professionals at 17.3%, with 12.8% of the workforce in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13525/seaham/topic/employment