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Wattamolla · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Wattamolla

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Very few residents in Wattamolla are in the workforce, with only 45.9% of adults working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure, reflecting a sparsely populated area where most people do not work locally.

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📍 Wattamolla, Suburb / Locality

Where Wattamolla sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wattamolla — lower than 99% of areas.

Wattamolla0.0%
2535, NSW 3.3%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, and full-time employment is far below the state average at 21.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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45.9% —

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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21.4% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 21.4%, and administrative and support services at 17.9%.

Industries people work in

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Wattamolla splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (21%) and Administrative & support (18%), with Electricity, gas & water at 14%.

Health care & social assistance 21.4% Administrative & support 17.9% Electricity, gas & water 14.3% Education & training 14.3% Construction 10.7% Retail trade 10.7% Professional & technical 10.7%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Half of the working population are professionals, while 21.4% are managers, and 10.7% work in clerical and administrative roles.

Occupations people work in

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In Wattamolla, Professionals is the majority at 61%; Managers is next at 26%.

Professionals 50.0% Managers 21.4% Clerical & administrative 10.7%

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 Wattamolla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14207/wattamolla/topic/employment