4.2% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wadalba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wadalba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Wadalba compared to the rest of the country. While 65.3% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is lower than the national figure, with only 55.5% of the population in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures. This stands in contrast to the high percentage of adults who are active in the workforce.
65.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 65.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.6%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.4%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 15.1%.
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 Wadalba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14098/wadalba/topic/employment