6.3% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Inverell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Inverell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates the share of working adults in Inverell from the national figure. While full-time employment is slightly more common here than in most areas, the overall proportion of people working or looking for work is much lower than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is accompanied by an unemployment rate of 6.3%, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 4.9%.
52.7% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 59.9%
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 16.1%, followed by manufacturing at 13.4% and retail trade at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.2%, with professionals at 15.5% and community and personal service workers 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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021191/inverell/topic/employment