2.4% ▲ +179.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wattle Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wattle Ponds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Wattle Ponds than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.6%, which is about the same as the New South Wales rate.
70.9% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.0%
- 2016: 72.4%
- 2021: 70.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 28.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.9% and health care and social assistance at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 23.0%. Professionals follow at 15.3%, while machinery operators and drivers account for 14.9% of jobs.
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 Wattle Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14211/wattle-ponds/topic/employment