3.7% ▼ -44.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Candelo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Candelo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Candelo than in most similar areas. Only 53.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this lower participation, the unemployment rate is 3.7%, a little below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than in most areas, with 51.2% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
53.8% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.3%, followed by construction at 10.9% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%, while managers account for 16.8% of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Candelo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Candelo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10787/candelo/topic/employment