4.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Telegraph Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Telegraph Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Telegraph Point are employed in health care and social assistance. This community has a smaller proportion of people working full-time than the national figure, though the number of adults working or looking for work has risen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.6% of residents have full-time jobs, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While 53.0% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
53.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.6% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for the local workforce are health care and social assistance at 19.3%, followed by construction and other services, which both sit at 15.7%. Transport and warehousing also make up 12.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation at 24.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.7% and professionals at 12.0%.
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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122130/telegraph-point/topic/employment