8.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yagoona · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yagoona
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate than most other areas marks the current job market in Yagoona. Only 44.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reveals a community facing significant challenges in finding and keeping stable employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer people here are in the workforce compared to the rest of the country, with only 49.2% in full-time work. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, while the unemployment rate of 8.4% is well above the national average.
44.1% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 49.2%
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 12.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.9%. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 9.2% and construction at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.4%. This is followed by clerical and administrative work at 16.4%, while technicians and trades make up 11.7% 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 Yagoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14471/yagoona/topic/employment