7.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glen Innes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glen Innes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few adults are working or looking for work in Glen Innes, with only 45.9% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, while the local unemployment rate of 7.2% is a little above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 54.3%.
45.9% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 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 biggest employer at 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 11% and public administration and safety at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service (14.9%) and as labourers (14.5%), while professionals make up 13.8% 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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11653/glen-innes/topic/employment