3.8% ▼ -59.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Deep Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Deep Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Deep Bay are working or looking for work, making it a place where employment rates are much lower than most areas. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.8%, the overall workforce is small. This suggests a community where many residents are likely retired or not in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also very low at 39.8%, falling 19 points behind the Australian average.
44.3% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.8% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 39.8%
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 here at 14.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.2%. Professional and technical roles make up 9.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the largest occupational group at 19.4%. This is followed by labourers at 16.3% and managers at 15.3%.
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 Deep Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60147/deep-bay/topic/employment