6.0% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wandella · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wandella
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in paid work in Wandella than in most other similar areas. Only 54% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift is most visible in full-time employment, which is far lower here than across New South Wales.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure. Only 40.3% of residents have full-time jobs, a result that is far below the Australian average of 58.9%.
54.0% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Wandella is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance, with both employing 23.9% of the workforce. Construction also plays a major role, accounting for 16.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 22.4%, followed by community and personal service workers at 19.4%. Technicians and trades make up 17.9% of the local workforce, while labourers account for 14.9%.
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 Wandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14146/wandella/topic/employment