4.0% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ocean Reef · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ocean Reef
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines daily life in Ocean Reef, where 67% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure, creating a community with a high level of economic activity and a low unemployment rate of 4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 4%, which is a little below both the state and national figures of 5.1%.
67.0% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 for local workers at 13%, followed closely by construction at 12.1% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%. Managers, technicians, and trades people each account for about 15% 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 Ocean Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51176/ocean-reef/topic/employment