3.2% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shelly Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shelly Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 55.5% of adults in Shelly Beach are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a large number of residents are retired or not in the workforce. The local job market is smaller than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales average at 51.8%. However, the unemployment rate is 3.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
55.5% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction (15.3%) and health care and social assistance (14.9%) being the most common industries. Retail and education each account for 10.1% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.6%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 15.9% and clerical and administrative workers at 14.1%.
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 Shelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13550/shelly-beach/topic/employment