2.6% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterfall · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Waterfall
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well above the national figure, 65.2% of adults in Waterfall are working or looking for work. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.6%. While the workforce is active, the proportion of people in full-time roles has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, sitting 6.5 percentage points above the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment at 57.4% is about the same as the state average, though this is 3.5 percentage points lower than in 2011.
65.2% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 73.4%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.7%, followed by retail trade at 12.4%. Other notable sectors include transport and warehousing at 8.9% and professional and technical services at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 19.0%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 15.9% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 14.0%.
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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121118/waterfall/topic/employment