6.1% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gilgandra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gilgandra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Gilgandra, where 16.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While many people work full-time, the town faces a higher unemployment rate than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. This low participation is mirrored by a 6.1% unemployment rate, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
49.2% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7%. Public administration and education also make up about 10% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 16.6%. Other common roles include professionals, managers, and technicians and trades, who each make up around 13% 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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11623/gilgandra/topic/employment