13.6% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cathundral · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cathundral
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Strong employment trends define Cathundral, where 78.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%, reflecting a workforce heavily concentrated in farming and management. While many people have full-time roles, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 72.7% of the workforce are employed full-time, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. However, the unemployment rate is also well above the national average at 13.6%.
78.6% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 78.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 59.1% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workers in Cathundral are managers, accounting for 54.5% of occupations, followed by clerical, administrative and sales roles at 13.6% each.
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 Cathundral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10857/cathundral/topic/employment