3.0% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sorrento · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sorrento
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few adults in Sorrento are working or looking for work compared to similar areas. Only 41.2% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than typical for the region.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 41.2% of adults are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is far below the state level at 45.6%. However, the unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the 5.1% national figure.
41.2% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.6% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in construction at 14.6% and professional and technical services at 11.9%. Accommodation and food services also make up a notable share of the workforce at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the local workforce are in high-level roles, with managers making up 27.9% and professionals accounting for 27.4% of occupations.
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 Sorrento [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22306/sorrento/topic/employment