6.4% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woy Woy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woy Woy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Woy Woy compared to the rest of the country. Only 46.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.4%, which is a little above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure, with only 53% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is much lower than most similar areas.
46.7% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and construction at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19%, while technicians and trades people account for 14.6% of the workforce.
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 Woy Woy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14443/woy-woy/topic/employment