4.8% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manly · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Manly
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have remained steady in Manly, where 65.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The local workforce is characterised by a strong presence of professionals and managers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, sitting at 65.7%. Full-time employment is 58.9%, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
65.7% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 58.9%
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 at 12.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.9%. Construction, education, and retail trade each employ around 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The area has a high proportion of professionals and managers, who make up 25.7% and 20.8% of workers respectively. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 13.6%.
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 Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31748/manly/topic/employment