4.7% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maitland · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Maitland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Maitland, where 16.2% of the local workforce is employed in these roles. The area has a high level of employment activity, with 64% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work in Maitland than in most similar areas, a figure that has risen to 64% since 2011. While 59.8% of people have full-time jobs, this is 3.5 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
64.0% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 10.1%, construction at 9.0%, and education and training at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.0%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 16.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.4% and clerical and administrative staff at 12.5%.
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15050/maitland/topic/employment