2.8% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cumberland Reach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cumberland Reach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest employer in Cumberland Reach, where 24.3% of the workforce is in this industry. This is a productive area where 63.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 2.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. About 58.3% of people are employed full-time, a result that is about the same as the state average.
63.9% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 77.9%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction leads the local workforce at 24.3%, followed by education and training at 11.7% and manufacturing at 10.7%. Retail trade and other services each account for 8.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common roles at 24.3%. Other significant groups include community and personal service workers and machinery operators, both at 15.5%.
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 Cumberland Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11157/cumberland-reach/topic/employment