3.0% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallacia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallacia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high number of adults in Wallacia are working or looking for work, reaching 62.8%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, though full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 53.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. While more adults here are in the workforce than in the state average, full-time roles are well below the typical Australian rate.
62.8% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here, employing 20.0% of the workforce. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 8.6% and manufacturing at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest occupational group at 17.3%. Clerical and administrative staff follow at 16.4%, with managers accounting for 14.1% of workers.
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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14119/wallacia/topic/employment