4.6% —
Lower than 78% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rest of NSW · Capital City
Jobs & Industry in Rest of NSW
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer across the Rest of NSW, with 16.3% of workers in this field. The region has a lower proportion of people working or looking for work than the national figure, though the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen slightly to 57.1%, while the unemployment rate dropped 2.1 points since 2016.
56.4% —
Higher than 52% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% —
Lower than 54% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 57.1%
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 at 16.3%. Other major employers include retail trade and construction, which both account for 9.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%. Technicians and trades follow at 14.5%, with managers and community and personal service workers each making up about 13% of the workforce.
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 Rest of NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/1RNSW/rest-of-nsw/topic/employment