5.6% —
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nowra - Bomaderry · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Nowra - Bomaderry
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A drop of 11 percentage points in the number of adults working or looking for work marks a significant shift for Nowra - Bomaderry since 2016. While health care and retail are the main employers, the area now sees far fewer people in the workforce than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure. Full-time employment fell by 8.3 percentage points since 2016 to 55.6%, while the unemployment rate stayed about the same as the state at 5.6%.
51.0% —
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% —
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 19.7%. Other common industries include retail trade at 11.8%, public administration and safety at 11.3%, and accommodation and food services at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 17.8%. Professionals, technicians, and trades workers each make up around 16% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 12.0% and sales workers at 10.6%.
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 Nowra - Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112015/nowra-bomaderry/topic/employment