0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Empire Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Empire Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 50.5% is well below the national figure in Empire Vale. While this is much lower than in most similar areas, the local unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for its level. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 58.7%.
60.5% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 15.2%. Other major employers include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1% and construction at 13.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.2%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.1% and professionals at 13.1%.
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 Empire Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11419/empire-vale/topic/employment