5.7% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Armidale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Armidale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a fifth of the workforce in Armidale is employed in education and training, making it the most prominent industry in the area. This focus on learning and health care helps drive the local economy, though fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.7%, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
56.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training lead the way at 21.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 16.2%. Other main employers include retail trade at 9.4% and accommodation and food services at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.8%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.3%, while managers and technicians or trades each represent around 12% 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10086/armidale/topic/employment