4.2% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gunnedah · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Gunnedah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common in Gunnedah than in most other areas, with 65.0% of the workforce in permanent full-time roles. This high level of stable employment supports a workforce where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is a little above the New South Wales figure at 61.1%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
61.1% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining and agriculture are the primary employers in Gunnedah, making up 14.1% and 12.9% of the workforce respectively. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 10.8% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are diverse, with managers (15.8%) and machinery operators and drivers (15.1%) being the most common. Professionals and technicians and trades also make up a large portion of the local 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/employment