7.5% ▲ +324.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallarobba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallarobba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Wallarobba. While 65.2% of the population works full-time, the area also faces an unemployment rate of 7.5%, which is much higher than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure roughly in line with the national average. However, the local unemployment rate of 7.5% is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
60.4% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.2% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 65.2%
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 18.5%, followed by mining and public administration and safety, which both account for 9.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%, with professionals accounting for 18.5% and community and personal service workers making up 12%.
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 Wallarobba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14129/wallarobba/topic/employment