Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 * as Census 2011 includes families with six children or more under the one classification, the numbers of children in the above slide are a minimum as an exact number is not available. One in six (17 per cent) families with children under 15 years of age in the Illawarra PEA did not have an employed parent, which was higher than the rate for NSW and Australia (15 per cent and 14 per cent respectively). The Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven LGAs have the highest level levels of family joblessness (22 per cent and 21 per cent respectively). Shoalhaven had the largest proportion of lone-parent families who were jobless (50 per cent). Shoalhaven also has the second highest number of children in a jobless family in the PEA after Wollongong (3430 children). Since 2006 there has been a decrease in the number of all families who are jobless in the Illawarra PEA (9 per cent) compared with a 6 per cent decrease across NSW. Slide 20 Indigenous Labour Market Outcomes Unemployment Rate Participation Rate % of (WAP) (WAP) Working Age Region Population Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous Shoalhaven LGA 5% 21.6% 7.3% 53.0% 68.9% Eurobodalla LGA 5% 28.2% 6.8% 48.4% 67.4% Shellharbour LGA 3% 16.2% 6.6% 57.0% 73.4% Wollongong LGA 2% 17.9% 6.8% 59.2% 72.9% Illawarra PEA 3% 20.2% 6.9% 55.2% 71.7% New South Wales 2% 17.0% 5.8% 56.4% 75.0% Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2011
Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 * as Census 2011 includes families with six children or more under the one classification, the numbers of children in the above slide are a minimum as an exact number is not available. One in six (17 per cent) families with children under 15 years of age in the Illawarra PEA did not have an employed parent, which was higher than the rate for NSW and Australia (15 per cent and 14 per cent respectively). The Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven LGAs have the highest level levels of family joblessness (22 per cent and 21 per cent respectively). Shoalhaven had the largest proportion of lone-parent families who were jobless (50 per cent). Shoalhaven also has the second highest number of children in a jobless family in the PEA after Wollongong (3430 children). Since 2006 there has been a decrease in the number of all families who are jobless in the Illawarra PEA (9 per cent) compared with a 6 per cent decrease across NSW. Slide 20 Indigenous Labour Market Outcomes Region % of Working Age Population Indigenous Unemployment Rate (WAP) Participation Rate (WAP) Indigenous Indigenous Shoalhaven LGA 5% 21.6% 7.3% 53.0% 68.9% Eurobodalla LGA 5% 28.2% 6.8% 48.4% 67.4% Shellharbour LGA 3% 16.2% 6.6% 57.0% 73.4% Wollongong LGA 2% 17.9% 6.8% 59.2% 72.9% Illawarra PEA 3% 20.2% 6.9% 55.2% 71.7% New South Wales 2% 17.0% 5.8% 56.4% 75.0% Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2011