0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Congewai · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Congewai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few changes have hit the workforce in Congewai over the last decade, but the area now stands out for its total lack of unemployment. It is a sparsely populated area where about 56.8% of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While 57.7% of people work full-time, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
56.8% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 17.3%, followed by construction at 12.5% and manufacturing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or trades workers are the most common roles, each making up 19.2% of the workforce. Professionals follow closely at 18.3%.
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 Congewai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11007/congewai/topic/employment