8.4% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moe - Newborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Moe - Newborough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An 8.4% unemployment rate marks Moe - Newborough as one of the areas with the highest joblessness at this level. This is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas, and the proportion of full-time employees has dropped over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.2%, a figure that has fallen by 3.1 points since 2011.
48.9% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 54.2%
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 16.5%, followed by retail trade at 10.6% and construction at 10.4%. Other notable sectors include education and training and manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.6%. Community and personal service workers are the next most common at 15.2%, with labourers and clerical staff both accounting for around 13% of the 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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205041095/moe-newborough/topic/employment