3.2% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Denman · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Denman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the biggest employer in Denman, where 22% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area has a strong employment profile, with full-time work being far more common here than in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the state figure at 62.4%. Around 58.5% of adults are working or looking for work, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.2%.
58.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond mining, the most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance (8.2%), followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing (8.1%) and construction (7.4%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up 20.8% of jobs, followed closely by machinery operators and drivers at 20.3%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers and labourers.
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 Denman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11243/denman/topic/employment