5.8% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterview Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterview Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Waterview Heights have shifted over the last decade, with a current workforce that is smaller than in most similar areas. Only 53.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Around 56.5% of people have full-time jobs, a figure slightly lower than the New South Wales average of 58%.
53.4% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work is spread across several sectors, with public administration and safety and health care and social assistance both accounting for 12.7% of jobs. Retail trade follows closely at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are clerical and administrative positions at 15.8%, and community and personal service workers at 15.1%. Professionals make up 13.2% of the local workforce.
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 Waterview Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14204/waterview-heights/topic/employment