3.8% —
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yamba · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Yamba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yamba than in most similar areas, with only 41.7% of the adult population in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are seeking work find it relatively easily, as the unemployment rate is just 3.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national average at 49.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas, which is consistent with the fact that far fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
41.7% —
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% —
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in tourism and care, with 15.4% of people working in accommodation and food and 14.8% in health care and social assistance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 15.4% and community and personal service workers at 14.3%.
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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114036/yamba/topic/employment