2.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarrawarrah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yarrawarrah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small slice of the workforce is now jobless in Yarrawarrah, where the unemployment rate is just 2.1%. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%. The area has a strong employment presence, with 65.6% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, sitting well above the New South Wales figure. While unemployment is very low at 2.1%, the share of full-time workers is 55.5%, which is well below the Australian average.
65.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2016: 71.3%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.9%. This is followed by education and training at 13.0% and construction at 12.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.9% and managers at 15.3%.
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 Yarrawarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14503/yarrawarrah/topic/employment