7.8% ▲ +127.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wentworth · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wentworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wentworth than in most similar areas. Only 38.2% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped significantly since 2011. This shift comes alongside a rising unemployment rate that now sits at 7.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 9.8 points since 2011, and the unemployment rate is now a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
38.2% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 53.3%
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 18.9%, followed by accommodation and food services at 12.2%. Other notable industries include public administration and safety, retail trade, and agriculture.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%. This is followed by labourers at 14.4%, and then technicians, trades, and community and personal service workers who each account for 13.4% of the 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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115156/wentworth/topic/employment