2.8% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wongarbon
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 Wongarbon compared to the rest of the country. With 66.1% of adults in the labour force, the area shows strong employment levels and a small unemployment rate of 2.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here, with 65.2% of people working full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This strong attachment to the workforce is reflected in an unemployment rate that is a little below the national 5.1%.
66.1% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.2% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.4%, followed by construction at 10.0% and retail trade at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and technicians or trades people are the most frequent occupations, each making up 18.5% of the workforce, while managers account for 16.6%.
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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/employment