6.4% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Unanderra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Unanderra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Unanderra than in most similar areas. Only 46.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This coincides with a local unemployment rate of 6.4%, which is a little above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 55.1%, which is well below the Australian figure of 58.9%. The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the New South Wales figure by 12 percentage points.
46.4% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 55.1%
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 20.1%. Construction and retail trade follow, both accounting for 9.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.0%. Technicians and tradespeople also have a strong presence at 16.3%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.1%.
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 Unanderra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14026/unanderra/topic/employment