4.6% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterways · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterways
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Waterways than in most similar areas. This active workforce is anchored by a high number of full-time roles, with 62.4% of the community employed in full-time positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 72.3%, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. While 62.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
72.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.0%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 72.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 62.4%
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 13.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and professional and technical services at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 27.0% of jobs, while managers account for 20.8% of the 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 Waterways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22720/waterways/topic/employment