3.8% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wyee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 50.5% of adults in Wyee are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This low level of employment is a defining feature of the local workforce, though the unemployment rate remains slightly lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales average at 51.2%. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar places.
50.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 15.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.6% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 19.1%, while community and personal service workers account for 13.0% of the local 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 Wyee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14456/wyee/topic/employment