3.6% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werri Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Werri Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Werri Beach than in most other areas, with only 46.3% of residents in this category. This is much lower than the national figure of 58.9%. While the unemployment rate is slightly lower than the state and national averages, fewer adults here are working or looking for work overall.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, sitting slightly below both the state and national levels.
57.1% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.3% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers at 16.7%, followed by construction at 13.3% and accommodation and food services at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.7%, while managers and technicians or trades people each make up 14.6% 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 Werri Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14250/werri-beach/topic/employment