7.9% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nambucca Heads · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Nambucca Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Nambucca Heads compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. This trend has sharpened over the last decade, as the proportion of people working or seeking jobs has fallen by 23 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is among the lowest for similar areas at 45.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.9% since 2011, leaving it well above the state average of 4.9%.
36.5% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.6% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance at 18.8%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.9% and retail trade at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local workers are most commonly employed in community and personal service roles (17.9%) or as professionals (15.9%), while labourers and technicians or trades people make up about 14% each.
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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114022/nambucca-heads/topic/employment