3.9% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dorrigo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dorrigo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work in Dorrigo, a figure far below the national average. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than in other similar areas, with fewer people engaged in full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 49.0%. While the number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the Australian average.
44.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.0% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 15.4%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow closely at 13.4%, while retail trade and food services each make up about 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals each make up roughly 15% of the local workforce. Labourers also represent 15.0% of jobs, followed by community and personal service workers at 11.8% and technicians and trades at 11.3%.
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 Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11280/dorrigo/topic/employment