5.4% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Haven · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Haven
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry for workers in West Haven, where 20.5% of employees work in this field. While these sectors are prominent, the area has a very low proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 31% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the New South Wales average, and the unemployment rate of 5.4% is higher than most similar areas.
31.0% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for local workers are construction at 11.3% and education and training at 10.9%. Accommodation and food services and retail trade also employ around 10% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs in the area are technicians and trades, making up 16.6% of workers. Professionals and community and personal service workers follow closely, at 15.9% and 15.2% respectively.
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 West Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14262/west-haven/topic/employment