3.7% ▼ -56.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yamba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yamba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yamba compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a local economy where a large proportion of the adult population is retired or not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state and national figures at 49.7%. Despite fewer people working overall, the unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
41.8% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily weighted towards tourism and care, with 15.4% of people working in accommodation and food services and 14.6% in health care and social assistance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 15.5% and community and personal service workers at 14.4%.
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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14476/yamba/topic/employment