5.0% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyee Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wyee Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Wyee Point, where 14.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in the state average, full-time employment is notably lower than across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time work is much less common here than elsewhere, at 53.3%.
62.0% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the local workforce is largely employed in construction at 13.5% and retail trade at 11.4%. Manufacturing and education also make up a fair share of the industry mix.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation group at 18.6%. Professionals and clerical staff also make up significant portions of the local workforce, at 13.7% and 12.6% respectively.
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14457/wyee-point/topic/employment