2.6% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warriewood · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate of 65% marks Warriewood as a place where far more adults are working or looking for work than in most other areas. This active workforce is supported by a very low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure, full-time employment at 56.6% is a little below the Australian average. The local unemployment rate is notably low at 2.6%, sitting lower than most similar areas.
2.6% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.0% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 12.9% of the workforce. Other major employers include professional and technical services at 10.9%, followed closely by education, retail, and construction, each around 10%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.2%, with managers making up another 19.4%. Clerical and administrative workers account for 14% of the local workforce, while technicians and tradespeople make up 12.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Warriewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14191/warriewood/topic/employment