4.1% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narooma · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Narooma
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 Narooma, where 14.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a much smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national average, and full-time employment has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the Australian average at 48.2%, and this figure has fallen 13 points since 2011.
39.5% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 14.2%, followed closely by accommodation and food at 13.7% and construction at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.6%, while community and personal service workers account for 15.1% of the local jobs.
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 Narooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115109/narooma/topic/employment