3.5% ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarroweyah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yarroweyah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly a quarter of workers in Yarroweyah are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This local workforce is smaller than in other areas, with only 58.7% of adults working or looking for work. While full-time employment is well below the national figure, the local unemployment rate remains low at 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.8% of the community works full-time, which is well below the 58.9% national figure. This is part of a broader trend where the proportion of adults working or looking for work is a little below the Australian average.
58.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, where 23.7% of people work. Manufacturing and construction also make up a significant part of the workforce at 12.4% and 10.8% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most common occupation at 22.9%, followed by labourers at 20.1%. Technicians and trades people make up 16.5% of the local 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 Yarroweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22921/yarroweyah/topic/employment