5.8% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bulahdelah - Stroud · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Bulahdelah - Stroud
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only half of adults in Bulahdelah - Stroud are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This shift is reflected in a shrinking full-time workforce, which fell by 3.8 percentage points since 2011. The local economy relies on a mix of construction, farming, and healthcare.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the New South Wales average. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 53.8%, while the unemployment rate of 5.8% is about the same as the national figure.
50.3% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread fairly evenly across several sectors, with construction (11.8%), agriculture, forestry and fishing (11.7%), and health care and social assistance (11.6%) as the main industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 17.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 15.7% and labourers at 15.0%.
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 Bulahdelah - Stroud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011151/bulahdelah-stroud/topic/employment