7.8% ▲ +154.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ellangowan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ellangowan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few things have changed in the way people work in Ellangowan since 2011, but the area now faces a tough job market. Only 53.6% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate of 7.8% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Job seekers face more difficulty here than elsewhere, with an unemployment rate of 7.8% which is a little above the New South Wales figure. About 57% of the workforce is employed full-time, a result that is about the same as the state average.
53.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 17%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.3% and health care and social assistance at 15.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%, while technicians, trades, and machinery operators each account for 14.8% 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 Ellangowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11403/ellangowan/topic/employment