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Mid North Coast · Region (SA4)

Jobs & Industry in Mid North Coast

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 the Mid North Coast, where nearly 20% of workers are in this sector. The region faces a challenging job market, with a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to other areas.

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📍 Mid North Coast, Region (SA4)

Where Mid North Coast sits — Unemployment rate

5.8% ▼ -29.4%

All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Mid North Coast — higher than 73% of areas.

Mid North Coast5.8%
Rest of NSW 4.6%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 47.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011 to 52.2%, and the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 5.8%.

Unemployment rate

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5.8% ▼ -29.4%

Higher than 73% of region (sa4) areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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47.2% ▲ +0.5%

Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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52.2% ▼ -4.7%

Lower than 90% of region (sa4) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 19.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and construction at 10.0%. Other common industries include education and training at 9.4% and accommodation and food services at 8.9%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.1%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.6%, technicians and trades at 14.1%, managers at 12.0%, and labourers at 11.6%.

Occupations people work in

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Mid North Coast splits fairly evenly between Professionals (18%) and Community & personal service (16%), with Technicians & trades at 14%.

Professionals 18.1% Community & personal service 15.6% Technicians & trades 14.1% Managers 12.0% Labourers 11.6% Clerical & administrative 11.2% Sales workers 9.7% Machinery operators & drivers 5.7%

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 Mid North Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/108/mid-north-coast/topic/employment