2.1% ▼ -77.9%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newhaven · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Newhaven
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Newhaven compared to most similar areas. Only 47.5% of the adult population is in the labour force, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Despite this, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of full-time workers is far below the national figure, sitting at 47.4%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 59.3% of the workforce was employed full-time.
47.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 70.2%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.4% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with the most common being accommodation and food services at 14.7%, followed by education and training at 13.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 22.6% and 20.0% of the local workforce respectively.
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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222063/newhaven/topic/employment