4.2% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malua Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Malua Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Malua Bay, where 13.7% of employees work in this field. The area has a much lower proportion of full-time workers than the state and national figures. This trend is consistent with a smaller overall number of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 49.8%, a figure that has fallen 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
46.1% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in health care and social assistance (13.7%) and construction (12.9%). Other common industries include education and training at 10.9%, and accommodation and food at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.5%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.6% of the local workforce.
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 Malua Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115101/malua-bay/topic/employment