1.8% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woy Woy Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woy Woy Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Woy Woy Bay have remained steady, with a very low unemployment rate of 1.8% marking the area's strongest job feature. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%. Most of the local workforce is in stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 59.8%, slightly above the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
61.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 14.0%. Construction follows at 12.6%, while health care and social assistance employ 10.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents are professionals, the most common job type in the area. Managers make up 16.8% of the workforce, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 12.6%.
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 Woy Woy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14444/woy-woy-bay/topic/employment