3.8% ▼ -53.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dunbible · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dunbible
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Dunbible compared to the rest of the country. Only 54.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this lower participation, the local unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below both the state and national rates.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 54.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0% and lower than most similar areas. This contributes to the overall lower rate of adults working or looking for work across the area.
54.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.3%. Other notable sectors include retail trade at 10.6% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, making up 19.9% and 19.2% of workers respectively. Technicians and trades people account for 13.9% of the local 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 Dunbible [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11312/dunbible/topic/employment