2.7% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ocean Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ocean Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Ocean Beach, where 14.3% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work compared to most other regions. This trend is reflected in the low number of full-time roles across the community.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state average, while the unemployment rate of 2.7% is a little below both the state and national figures.
57.6% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from health care, construction is a major employer at 14.0%. Other significant industries include education and training at 11.1%, retail trade at 7.0%, and accommodation and food services at 6.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.0%, followed by technicians and trades at 18.7%. Managers account for 16.0% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers and labourers each make up around 11%.
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 Ocean Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51175/ocean-beach/topic/employment