4.0% ▼ -57.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Nowra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in South Nowra than in most similar areas. Around 65% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This active workforce is largely anchored by full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the national average at 60.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
65.0% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 60.6%
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 20.7%, followed by public administration and safety at 16.0%. Retail trade also makes up a significant 13.0% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split fairly evenly across a few roles, with professionals (17.5%), technicians and trades (17.3%), and community and personal service workers (16.9%) all making up similar shares of the population.
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 South Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13610/south-nowra/topic/employment