9.1% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stuarts Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stuarts Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Stuarts Point compared to most similar areas. Only 36.6% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate of 9.1% is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment levels are very low here, with full-time work at 44.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This reflects a smaller proportion of the population in the labour force compared to the rest of the country.
36.6% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.2% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 17.5%. Retail trade follows at 15.7%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 13.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 25.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 16.6% and professionals at 14.3%.
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 Stuarts Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13696/stuarts-point/topic/employment