4.6% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rose Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rose Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than half of adults in Rose Bay are not working or looking for work, reflecting a local workforce that is much smaller than the national average. While many residents hold professional roles, the area sees far fewer people in full-time employment compared to the rest of Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 54.2%, while the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is a little below the state average.
54.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training and health care being the most common industries at 15.2% each. Public administration and safety follow closely at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 31.4% of workers, followed by managers at 15.6% and clerical or administrative staff at 12.8%.
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 Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60567/rose-bay/topic/employment