6.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyongah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wyongah
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 Wyongah, where 18.2% of the workforce is employed in that sector. While more adults here are working or looking for work than the national figure, the area struggles with an unemployment rate of 6.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 50.8%, and the unemployment rate is a little above both the state and national figures.
62.9% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 18.2%. Other common industries include construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest occupational group at 16.4%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.7%, and professionals at 13.2%.
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 Wyongah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14466/wyongah/topic/employment