4.6% —
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Macnamara · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Macnamara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Macnamara than in 2016, with 70.6% of adults now active in the labour force. This high level of activity is mirrored by a strong shift toward full-time roles, which rose to 64.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 70.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high activity level is paired with a low unemployment rate of 4.6%, which has fallen 1.3 points since 2016.
70.6% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.5% —
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 64.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 16.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.9% and education and training at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 38.9% of the workforce, the largest group by far, followed by managers at 19.2% and clerical and administrative staff at 11.4%.
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 Macnamara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED229/macnamara/topic/employment