11.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blaxlands Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blaxlands Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates the unemployment rate in Blaxlands Creek from both the state and national figures. This sparsely populated area faces significant job challenges, with far fewer adults working or looking for work than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is among the highest for areas of this size at 11.3%, well above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales average.
54.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by electricity, gas and water, and administrative and support services, both at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29.2%, while sales workers make up 18.8% of the local workforce. Managers account for 14.6% of jobs here.
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 Blaxlands Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10407/blaxlands-creek/topic/employment