2.6% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woolooware · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woolooware
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Woolooware than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Full-time employment sits at 57.8%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average.
68.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction leading at 11.4%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 10.9% and professional and technical services at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27%, while managers make up 17% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative staff follow at 14.8%.
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 Woolooware [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14428/woolooware/topic/employment