4.8% ▼ -48.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Surf Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Surf Beach compared to other areas, with only 44.6% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time work is also much lower than usual, the unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.1% of the community are employed full-time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The overall rate of adults working or looking for work is also much lower than in most similar areas.
44.6% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 19.6%. Other common fields include retail trade at 11.3% and construction at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.0%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.3%. Technicians and trades workers account for 13.6% of the 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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13712/surf-beach/topic/employment