8.8% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barraba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barraba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Barraba compared to the rest of the country, with only 40.3% in the labour force. While many residents hold full-time roles, the area faces an unemployment rate of 8.8%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.7%. Those who are employed are typically in full-time roles, though the unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas.
40.3% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Barraba is split almost evenly between health care and social assistance at 18.6% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 18.4%. Other common industries include education and training at 10% and retail trade at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are managers (19.8%), followed closely by labourers at 18.9%. Community and personal service roles make up 13.8% of jobs, while professionals account for 13.3%.
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 Barraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10207/barraba/topic/employment