1.3% ▼ -86.1%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Seaham · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Seaham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high employment rate defines Seaham, where 68.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure and reflects a huge shift since 2011, when the number of people in the workforce was much lower.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 1.3%, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the state average. Full-time work has also grown significantly, rising 15 points since 2011 to reach 59.9%.
68.5% ▲ +89.3%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.8% and manufacturing at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
People here most often work as technicians and tradespeople (21.1%) or machinery operators and drivers (16.8%), while professionals make up 15.5% 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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122117/seaham/topic/employment