3.3% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Whitebridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Whitebridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Whitebridge, where 19.5% of workers are in this field. This is a motivated workforce, with 64.7% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Around 57.8% of the workforce is employed full-time, a result that is about the same as the state average.
64.7% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for local workers are construction at 11.7%, education and training at 9.7%, and retail trade at 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 28.5%. Other significant groups include clerical and administrative staff at 14.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 13.8%.
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 Whitebridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14293/whitebridge/topic/employment