4.0% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dubbo · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Dubbo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Dubbo, with 17.4% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a strong a tendency towards full-time work, which is well above the national figure. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, the unemployment rate is lower than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher here than in most areas, with 64.0% of the workforce in these roles. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, even though the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the Australian average.
58.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry at 17.4%. Education and training, along with agriculture, forestry and fishing, both employ 9.7% of people, followed by retail trade at 9.0% and construction at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.2%. Managers follow at 15.2%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 14.3% 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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10503/dubbo/topic/employment