6.2% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swansea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Swansea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Swansea are employed in health care and social assistance. This is the area's most common industry, which anchors a job market where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This low activity is matched by a 6.2% unemployment rate, which is a little above the national figure.
44.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer at 19.3%, followed by construction at 15.1% and retail trade at 9.6%. Education and training and food and accommodation also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation at 18.3%. Community and personal service workers follow at 16.1%, while professionals, clerical staff, and labourers each make up around 13% 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13726/swansea/topic/employment