3.9% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Willoughby East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Willoughby East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Willoughby East than in most other areas. This workforce is heavily geared toward high-skill roles, with over half of all employees working as professionals or managers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working rates are well above the national figure, with 66.4% of adults in the labour force. Full-time employment is also high at 62.2%, while the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the national 5.1%.
66.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.2% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 20%, followed by finance and insurance at 15.4%. Health care and social assistance also make up a significant share at 12%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals and managers, who make up 39.6% and 24.7% of roles respectively. Clerical and administrative workers are the next largest group at 12.1%.
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 Willoughby East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14321/willoughby-east/topic/employment