13.8% ▲ +75.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charbon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Charbon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Charbon, where 28.6% of the workforce is employed in this field. While about 57% of the population works full-time, the area struggles with a very high unemployment rate of 13.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is also well above the New South Wales average, sitting at 13.8%.
38.2% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split across several sectors, with education and training leading at 28.6%. Mining, construction, retail trade, and transport each employ 14.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 23.8%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 19% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.3%.
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 Charbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10882/charbon/topic/employment