8.6% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gardners Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few people work full-time in Gardners Bay compared to other similar areas. Only 38.7% of the population are in full-time roles, which is far below the national figure of 58.9%. This contributes to a local job market that is smaller and more unstable than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Australian average. At the same time, the unemployment rate is 8.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national rate of 5.1%.
57.8% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
38.7% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 38.7%
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 16.7%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.3%. Retail trade and manufacturing also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%, with managers following at 17.3%. Labourers, community and personal service workers, and technicians also hold a large share of the local jobs.
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 Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/employment