0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gum Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gum Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is remarkably common in Gum Flat, where an impressive 62.7% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This creates a stable working environment for the area, with the typical resident more likely to be employed full-time than those in the rest of New South Wales.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local job market is very strong, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure slightly above the Australian average.
62.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary employer for 28.2% of the workforce. Education and training follows at 14.5%, while construction and health care both account for 10.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%. This is followed by labourers at 16.4% and professionals at 15.5%.
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 Gum Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11802/gum-flat/topic/employment