3.9% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Howlong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Howlong
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 Howlong compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the national figure, only 53.7% of adults are in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 53.7%, which is well below both the New South Wales (58.7%) and Australian (61.1%) figures. Among those employed, 57.8% have full-time jobs.
53.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 15.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.2% and construction at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest occupational group at 17.0%, while labourers account for 14.6% and managers for 12.9% of the 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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11957/howlong/topic/employment