4.7% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Swan Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Swan Bay than in most similar areas. While 57.4% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment remains steady at 58.1%, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as both the state and national rates.
57.4% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 58.1%
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 here at 14.2%. Other significant employers include public administration and safety at 10.3%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing, accommodation and food, and education and training, which each account for 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.7%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 18.1%. Community and personal service workers account for 17.4% 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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13720/swan-bay/topic/employment