3.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narrabundah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Narrabundah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Narrabundah, where 67.3% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The area has a workforce heavily concentrated in government and professional services.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the ACT figure of 69.6%. However, those who are employed are more likely to be full-time than people in most other areas, while the unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below the national average.
62.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry here, employing 33.7% of residents. Professional and technical services follow at 12.2%, with health care and social assistance making up 10.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the bulk of the local workforce, accounting for 36.4% and 22.5% of jobs respectively. Clerical and administrative roles are also common at 11.6%.
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 Narrabundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80099/narrabundah/topic/employment