3.8% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Valla Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Valla Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Valla Beach compared to previous years, with only 46.2% now in the labour force. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While employment levels are low, the unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas. Full-time employment is also far below the state and national figures, at 47.2%.
46.2% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 47.2%
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 21.9%, followed by education and training at 13.9%. Construction, food, and retail also make up significant shares of local work.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 25.7% of workers. Community and personal service roles follow at 17.6%, with clerical, management, and trade roles also featuring strongly.
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 Valla Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14086/valla-beach/topic/employment