4.5% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gulgong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gulgong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong mining presence shapes the local economy for Gulgong, where nearly one in five workers is employed in that sector. While full-time work is common, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 61.1% seen across Australia. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
55.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the largest employer at 19.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.7% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by technical roles, with technicians and trades making up 19.2% of jobs, while machinery operators and drivers account for 18.0%.
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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11800/gulgong/topic/employment