0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cudgegong · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns in Cudgegong have shifted over the last decade, though the area now sees a very high number of adults working or looking for work. An unusual 0.0% unemployment rate stands out, though full-time roles are much less common here than in the rest of the state.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 63.6% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%—full-time employment is low. Only 51.4% of people work full-time, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
63.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the biggest employer at 17.1%. Other key sectors including agriculture, construction, transport, and public administration each employ 8.6% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are very common, accounting for 31.4% of jobs. Clerical and administrative work follows at 17.1%, while technicians, sales workers, and machinery operators each make up 14.3% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Cudgegong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11142/cudgegong/topic/employment