0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Araluen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns in Araluen have shifted over the last decade, with a small workforce now dominated by managers and construction workers. Only 55.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area currently reports a 0.0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas. Full-time employment sits at 53.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
55.6% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 16.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.7%. Health care and social assistance also make up a significant part of the workforce at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 24.2%. Professionals and technicians and trades workers both make up 16.8% of the workforce, while sales workers account for 11.6%.
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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10071/araluen/topic/employment