Wallacia · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Wallacia

Name: Jobs & Industry in Wallacia — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far more adults are working or looking for work in Wallacia than in most similar areas. While 61.9% of adults are in the workforce, the share of people in full-time roles has fallen sharply over the last decade. The local job market remains strong, however, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% that is lower than the national figure.

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📍 Wallacia, Urban Centre

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working or looking for work is common here, and the unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. In contrast, full-time employment has dropped 13 points since 2011 to 53.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Construction is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 20.3% of the workforce. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 10.4%, and manufacturing at 8.8%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Wallacia — Construction leads at 22%, ahead of Health care & social assistance (11%) and Manufacturing (10%).

Construction 20.3% Health care & social assistance 10.4% Manufacturing 8.8% Retail trade 7.1% Education & training 7.1% Accommodation & food 5.6% Public administration & safety 5.2% Other services 4.6% Transport & warehousing 4.4% Professional & technical 3.8%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 17.3%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 16.9%. Managers and professionals also make up a significant part of the workforce at 13.2% and 12.9% respectively.

Occupations people work in

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Wallacia splits fairly evenly between Clerical & administrative (18%) and Technicians & trades (17%), with Managers at 14%.

Clerical & administrative 17.3% Technicians & trades 16.9% Managers 13.2% Professionals 12.9% Labourers 10.9% Machinery operators & drivers 10.4% Community & personal service 8.6% Sales workers 7.7%

Sources

Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Wallacia	3.7%
2745, NSW	2.9%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Wallacia sits — Unemployment rate