4.1% ▼ -48.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Shore
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 North Shore, with 16.0% of the workforce in this field. This community has a strong employment rate, with 61.3% of people working full-time, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, a little below the Australian average of 5.1%.
61.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Besides health care, construction is a major industry here at 12.3%. Other common workplaces include retail trade at 11.0%, and manufacturing and education both at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and community and personal service workers each make up 17.8% of the local workforce. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers (14.7%), managers (14.1%), and technicians and trades (13.5%).
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21967/north-shore/topic/employment