4.7% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Beach - Maloneys Beach · Urban Centre
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults are working or looking for work in Long Beach - Maloneys Beach, which is far below the national figure. This shift is part of a ten-year trend where full-time employment has fallen by 10 percentage points. The local workforce is now much smaller than in most similar areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time work is also much lower than most areas at 48.6%, while the unemployment rate of 4.7% is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.7% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
48.3% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.0%, followed closely by retail trade at 14.3% and construction at 14.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%, with community and personal service workers at 15.3% and professionals at 14.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Long Beach - Maloneys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121068/long-beach-maloneys-beach/topic/employment