5.1% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maclean - Yamba - Iluka · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Maclean - Yamba - Iluka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Unemployment has dropped by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 in Maclean - Yamba - Iluka, where 5.1% of the workforce is now without a job. This is a region with far fewer people working or looking for work than the state or national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 50.1%, a figure that has barely changed in a decade.
43.4% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and accommodation and food services at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.0%, while technicians and trades people account for 14.8% 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 Maclean - Yamba - Iluka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104011082/maclean-yamba-iluka/topic/employment