4.8% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Central Coast · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Central Coast
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Central Coast, with 18% of the workforce in this sector. While unemployment has dropped to 4.8% since 2011, the area now has a much smaller proportion of full-time workers than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of people working full-time has fallen to 52.6%, which is well below the 58.9% national figure. Overall, 55.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate that is well below the state and national averages.
55.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is concentrated in health care and social assistance (18%), followed by construction at 11.4% and retail trade at 10.3%. Education and training and food services also make up significant shares of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.6%, and community, personal service, and clerical roles which both sit around 13%.
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102002/central-coast/topic/employment