3.3% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shearwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shearwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults in Shearwater are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the 3.3% unemployment rate is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is far below the state and national figures. Full-time employment stands at 54.4%, which is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
44.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 16.6%. Other common sectors include retail trade at 11% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.1%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.3% and technicians and trades people at 14.2%.
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 Shearwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60598/shearwater/topic/employment