4.4% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Narromine · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Narromine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Narromine since 2011, with this figure falling by 4.5 percentage points. Despite this, full-time employment remains very high, with 65.5% of the workforce in permanent full-time roles. This is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is 55.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has fallen 1.5 points since 2011 to 4.4%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
55.3% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer in Narromine, accounting for 23.3% of jobs. Other major industries include health care and social assistance at 12.7%, and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.3%. Professionals, technicians and trades, and labourers each account for around 12% 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 Narromine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15850/narromine/topic/employment