Employment & Commuting

Journey to work

About this topic

Journey to work shows where employed residents of Unincorp. Other Territories travel for work. It helps explain how strongly the area functions as a residential base versus a self-contained employment centre.

These flow patterns can inform transport advocacy, local jobs policy, and investment priorities by showing which external labour markets matter most to residents.

Key insight

9.7% of employed residents living in Unincorp. Other Territories worked outside Unincorp. Other Territories in 2021. No Fixed Address (OT) was the largest external destination.

Showing

90.3%

Work locally

1,093 residents

9.7%

Commute out

118 residents

Chart view

Where Unincorp. Other Territories residents work

Flow shares show where employed residents work. Total employed residents: 1,211.

Employment self-sufficiency

Share of employed residents who work within the municipality.

Total employed residents: 1,211
90.3%

Unincorp. Other Territories

90.3%

1,093

No Fixed Address (OT)

5.9%

71

Shoalhaven

1.7%

20

Wollongong

0.4%

5

Bathurst Regional

0.3%

4

Burwood

0.3%

4

Ku-ring-gai

0.3%

4

Mornington Peninsula

0.3%

4

Newcastle

0.2%

3

Other LGAs

0.2%

3

Data table

Where Unincorp. Other Territories residents work table

Download the ranked local and external flow counts behind the chart.

AreaCountShare
Unincorp. Other Territories1,09390.3%
No Fixed Address (OT)715.9%
Shoalhaven201.7%
Wollongong50.4%
Bathurst Regional40.3%
Burwood40.3%
Ku-ring-gai40.3%
Mornington Peninsula40.3%
Newcastle30.2%
Other LGAs30.2%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (usual residence journey to work data). Compiled by Geografia.