3.8% ▼ -68.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Doubtful Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Doubtful Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is much more common in Doubtful Creek than in most other similar areas. This is a place where 67.6% of the working population has a full-time role, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59% of adults are working or looking for work, which is similar to the state average. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
59.0% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 71.2%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
One in four workers is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Other common industries include retail trade at 12.2%, followed by manufacturing and construction, which both sit at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 24.3%. Other frequent roles include machinery operators and drivers at 16.2%, and clerical and administrative staff and labourers, who both make up 14.9% of the workforce.
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 Doubtful Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11284/doubtful-creek/topic/employment