3.0% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gravelly Beach · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Gravelly Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people work full-time in Gravelly Beach compared to the national figure. While 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work, the proportion in full-time roles is well below the Australian average. This shift is part of a larger trend, as full-time employment has fallen 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, rising 19 percentage points since 2011. The unemployment rate is very low at 3.0%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
60.7% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 18.0%, followed by retail trade at 15.8% and accommodation and food services at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and technicians or trades workers are the most common roles, each making up 17.4% of the workforce. Community and personal service workers follow at 12.7%, while sales workers and labourers each represent 12.4%.
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 Gravelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621014/gravelly-beach/topic/employment