Muswellbrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Muswellbrook

Name: Jobs & Industry in Muswellbrook — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Muswellbrook. While 63.2% of the population works full-time, the area faces a higher unemployment rate of 6.0% compared to other regions. This creates a distinct job market where a large portion of the community is heavily employed in stable, full-time roles.

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📍 Muswellbrook, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is well above the national figure of 58.9%, though this has fallen from 67.3% since 2011. At the same time, the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas, sitting at 6.0%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 22.3% of the workforce. Other common employers include health care and social assistance at 10.0%, and retail trade at 8.8%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Muswellbrook — Mining leads at 23%, ahead of Health care & social assistance (10%) and Retail trade (9%).

Mining 22.3% Health care & social assistance 10.0% Retail trade 8.8% Accommodation & food 7.7% Education & training 6.3% Construction 5.9% Administrative & support 5.4% Other services 4.5% Electricity, gas & water 4.2% Public administration & safety 4.1%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The local workforce is heavily skewed toward technical and physical roles, with technicians and trades making up 19.9% of jobs. This is followed closely by machinery operators and drivers at 18.5% and labourers at 13.7%.

Occupations people work in

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Muswellbrook splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (20%) and Machinery operators & drivers (19%), with Labourers at 14%.

Technicians & trades 19.9% Machinery operators & drivers 18.5% Labourers 13.7% Community & personal service 10.8% Professionals 10.5% Clerical & administrative 9.3% Sales workers 8.6% Managers 6.6%

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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041126/muswellbrook/topic/employment

Muswellbrook	6.0%
2333, NSW	5.7%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

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