3.5% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Voyager Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Voyager Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Voyager Point than in most similar areas. About 71% of adults are active in the labour force, which is far above the national figure. Full-time employment is also common here, with 60.1% of the population working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far above the New South Wales figure by 13 percentage points. While full-time employment is a little above the national average, the unemployment rate of 3.5% is a little below the Australian figure of 5.1%.
71.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.2%
- 2016: 73.4%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 71.1%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry here at 15.5%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.9%, and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.0%. This is followed by clerical and administrative staff at 16.5% and managers at 15.9%.
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 Voyager Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14097/voyager-point/topic/employment