1.7% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Congarinni North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Congarinni North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the national average for employment, Congarinni North sees only 55% of adults working or looking for work. The area is defined by a very low unemployment rate of 1.7%, which is much lower than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure at 50.6%. However, the unemployment rate of 1.7% is well below both the state and national figures.
55.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 17.8%, followed by retail trade at 13.8%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction both account for 10.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 17.8% of the workforce. Professionals are the next largest group at 15.5%, with labourers and managers accounting for 12.6% and 11.5% respectively.
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 Congarinni North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11006/congarinni-north/topic/employment