0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hermidale · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 68.9% is well above the national figure in Hermidale. This sparsely populated area shows a strong attachment to work, with an unemployment rate of 0.0% which is well below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 62.2% of the population, which is a little above the Australian figure. Full-time roles are very common here, sitting 11 points higher than the New South Wales average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
62.2% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.9% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Half of the workforce, 50.8%, is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other major industries include mining at 18.0% and retail trade at 9.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 41.0%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 16.4%, followed by technicians, trades, sales workers and labourers each at 9.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Hermidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11901/hermidale/topic/employment