3.4% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wareemba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wareemba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is notably high in Wareemba, with 61.3% of the workforce in permanent roles. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0% and higher than most similar areas. The local workforce is largely skewed toward professional roles and high-level management.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for its level. Unemployment is relatively low at 3.4%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
59.1% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by professional and technical services at 12.1%, followed by finance and insurance at 11.1% and health care and social assistance at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up over half of all jobs, accounting for 31.6% and 23.2% of the workforce respectively. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 14.3%.
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 Wareemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14166/wareemba/topic/employment