0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Conargo · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Conargo than in most similar areas, with 67.4% of the adult population active in the workforce. This activity is highlighted by a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is very active, with 67.4% of adults working or looking for work, well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
67.4% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 55.6% of the workforce, followed by public administration and safety at 20.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of workers are managers at 49.2%, while labourers make up 15.9% of the local occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Conargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10998/conargo/topic/employment