3.7% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Speers Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Speers Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Speers Point have remained steady since 2011, with the area now seeing 60.1% of adults working or looking for work. The local job market is quite healthy, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% that is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 57.0%, placing the area around the middle of similar locations.
60.1% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 57.0%
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 19.4%, followed by construction at 11.1% and education and training at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.6%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.6% of the local workforce.
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 Speers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13621/speers-point/topic/employment