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Erowal Bay · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Erowal Bay

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

Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Erowal Bay compared to the rest of the state, with a 51.4% rate that is well below the national figure. While a fair number of residents find work in health and education, full-time employment has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Erowal Bay, Urban Centre

Where Erowal Bay sits — Unemployment rate

5.2% ▲ +8.8%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Erowal Bay — higher than 58% of areas.

Erowal Bay5.2%
2540 crosses NSW/OT 4.9%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 51.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 54.6%, while the unemployment rate of 5.2% is about the same as the rest of Australia.

Unemployment rate

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5.2% ▲ +8.8%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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51.4% ▲ +10.5%

Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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54.6% ▼ -8.4%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The local workforce is split across several sectors, with health care and social assistance and education and training both accounting for 15.3% of jobs. Construction and public administration follow closely at 13.5% and 13.2% respectively.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common at 21.8%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 21.2%. Community and personal service workers make up 15% of the workforce, with labourers accounting for 14.1%.

Occupations people work in

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Erowal Bay splits fairly evenly between Professionals (22%) and Technicians & trades (21%), with Community & personal service at 15%.

Professionals 21.8% Technicians & trades 21.2% Community & personal service 15.0% Labourers 14.1% Managers 11.7% Clerical & administrative 10.7% Sales workers 6.7%

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 Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121037/erowal-bay/topic/employment