1.6% ▼ -77.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gumma · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gumma
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gumma than in most similar areas. While the number of people in the workforce is small, the unemployment rate is very low at 1.6%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with only 50.3% of the workforce in full-time roles.
46.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 18.2%. Manufacturing and retail trade also play significant roles, each employing around 11% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.2%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 17.6%. Community and personal service roles account for 15.5% of the local occupations.
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 Gumma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11807/gumma/topic/employment