4.0% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dungog · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dungog
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Dungog compared to most other areas, with only 47.4% working or looking for work. While the unemployment rate of 4.0% is about the same as the state average, full-time employment is well below national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the New South Wales average, sitting at 52.3%.
47.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 52.3%
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 for local workers at 14.1%, followed by retail trade at 11.9% and construction at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.8%, with labourers (15.5%) and community and personal service workers (14.5%) also common.
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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11323/dungog/topic/employment