5.6% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Old Bar · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Old Bar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has fallen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011 in Old Bar. This shift comes alongside a workforce that is far smaller than the state and national figures, with only 47.5% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, at 47.5%. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.6% since 2011, full-time employment is now well below the national figure of 58.9%.
47.5% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 23.3%, followed by education and training at 13.2%. Other common industries include construction, retail trade, and accommodation and food services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are professionals (24.3%), with community and personal service workers making up another 16.5%. Technicians and tradespeople represent 14.0% 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 Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115116/old-bar/topic/employment