The main occupation categories for people aged 15 years and over in Agnes Water and 1770 are:

• 19.8% - Technicians and Trade Operators
• 14.5% - Professionals 
• 13.5% - Labourers
• 12.8% - Managers
• 12.6% - Community and personal service workers
• 10.2% - Clerical and administrative workers

The communities of Agnes Water and 1770 have seen a significant change in its population between 2011 and 2021. With an increase of 392 people between 2011 and 2016 and a further increase of 580 between 2016 and 2021. This equates to an increase of 972 people, meaning the population has grown by a third between 2021 and 2011.

There have been changes across all occupational categories, some categories have seen a decrease in a percentage of the workforce while seeing an increase in the number of people working within the category.

Technicians and trades workers made up the highest proportion of the workforce in 2011, 2016 and 2011. The second largest profession was labourers in 2011 and 2016 at 14.6 per cent (105 people), 15.5 per cent (136 people), while in 2021 it was professionals at 15.5 per cent (152 people).

The third highest occupation is different across each of the census data sets reviewed. In 2011 the third highest occupation category is shared jointly between clerical and administrative workers and sales workers, with 11.3 per cent of the workforce working in each of these occupational categories.

While in 2016, 14.9 per cent or 131 people worked in the managers occupational category and in 2011 the third highest occupational category was labours.

In 2011 managers made up 11.5 per cent of the workforce, in 2016 professionals made up 12.6 per cent and in 2021 managers made up 12.8 per cent of the workforce. This data is for all occupational categories that were fourth in their census year.

Professionals ranked fifth in 2011, while in 2016 and 21 Community and personal service workers ranked fifth at 11.4 per cent and 12.6 per cent of the workforce.

Between 2011 and 2016 there was a decrease in the number of people working across all occupational categories with the exception of labours which increased from 343 people or 2.1 per cent of the workforce to 718 people.

The largest increase as a percentage of the workforce between 2021 and 2011 was those working as professionals. There were 84 more people working in this category than in 2011, which was an increase 4.5 per cent.

Sales workers made up 9.2 per cent of the workforce in 2011 compared to 7.1 per cent in 2021, which means there is 4.2 per cent less people in the workforce that have an occupation in sales. This is the largest decrease across the data set.

The number of people that worked full time has increased by 122 people, or 30 per cent between 2011 and 2021.

Over the same period the number of people that work part time has increased by 170 people, meaning there has been an increase of 66.1 per cent in the population that work part time compared to 2011.

The unemployment rate for Agnes Water and 1770 has reduced from 5.5 per cent in 2011 and 2016 to 3.8 per cent in 2021.

There has also been a 69.7 per cent increase in the percentage of the population not in the workforce since 2011, which equates to 394.

There has also been a sizable increase in the proportion of the community that has not stated their labour force status. In 2011 it was 7.3 per cent, increasing to 10.9 per cent in 2016 and 13 per cent in 2021. This is an increase of 207 people.

When looking at the combined data of Agnes Water and 1770, there have been changes in the percentage of the population working across all industry types.

In 2011 the top five ranked industries were construction at 17.4 per cent of the workforce, followed by accommodation and food services (15.1 per cent), retail trade (11.3 per cent), transport postal and warehousing (6.3 per cent) and manufacturing (5.7 per cent).

In 2016 the rankings were accommodation and food services (18.9 per cent), wholesale trade (14.3 per cent), retail trade (9.3 per cent), education and training (7.3 per cent) and healthcare (5.9 per cent) and assistance.

While in 2021 the top five industries of employment were accommodation and food services (17.9 per cent), construction (12.8 per cent), education and training (8.7 per cent), retail trade (8.4 per cent), mining at (6.8 per cent) of the workforce.

When looking at the townships of Agnes Water and 1770 data separately there are some differences particularly for the township of 1770. With professional, scientific and technical services ranking in the top five industries at 14.3 per cent, 9.1 per cent and 11.5 per cent in 2021, 2016 and 2011. The other top ranking industry not present in the combined data is rental, hiring and real estate services at 16.7 per cent, 9.1 per cent and 15.4 per cent in 2021, 2016 and 2011.

The most notable changes when looking at the combined data of Agnes Water and 1770 include a 30 per cent reduction in population that work in wholesale trade between 2011 and 2021.

During this period there was also 222 per cent increase in the percentage of the workforce within the mining industry. Which was 3.1 per cent or 22 people in 2011 compared to 6.8 per cent or 71 people in 2021. The second largest increase was seen in the percentage of the population working in education and training, being 5.6 per cent in 2011 and increasing to 8.7 per cent. Which equated to an increase of 51 people, up from 40.

In 2011 15.1 per cent of the workforce were based in accommodation and food service industries, this represented 109 people. This increased to 17.9 per cent of the workforce by 2021, with an additional 78 people working in this industry.

Hours worked can only be shown for 2021 and 2016 due this data not being capture in the census during 2011.

In 2021 and 2016 just over 50 per cent of the work aged population worked over 35 hours in Agnes Water while in 1770 this was 26.2 per cent in 2021 and 27 per cent in 2016.

Data from the 2021 census shows 83 per cent of workers travel to their place of work by car, either as driver or passenger.

Considerations:

• There is a significant increase in those working in rental hiring and estate service in 1770, this could relate to an increase in holiday rentals and AirBnB type set ups and impact housing availability.
• Over 50 per cent of those that work in Agnes Water are working over 35 hours with and increasing number of people working in accommodation and food services consideration needs to be given to timings of meetings, events and activities.