5.7% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clarence · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Clarence
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Clarence since 2011, with that figure falling 13 points to 47.4%. This shift is accompanied by a drop in full-time employment and a slightly higher unemployment rate of 5.7%. Local jobs are now spread across healthcare, retail and construction.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen to 54.0%, a rate well below the New South Wales average.
47.4% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.4%, followed by retail trade at 10.3% and construction at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 15.3%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 15.0% and professionals at 14.5%.
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 Clarence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10019/clarence/topic/employment