4.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nowra Hill · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Nowra Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Nowra Hill, where 12.2% of the workforce is employed in that sector. The area sees a high proportion of adults working or looking for work, though full-time employment has fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 53.1%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%, about the same as Australia's 5.1%.
63.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 12.2%. Other major industries include accommodation and food services at 11.7%, retail trade at 11.2%, construction at 10.5%, and public administration and safety at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles for residents are technicians and trades workers at 17.2%. This is followed by professionals at 13.9%, labourers at 13.6%, managers at 13.2%, and sales workers at 12.2%.
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 Nowra Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121090/nowra-hill/topic/employment