8.0% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Jerseyville · Suburb / Locality
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 Jerseyville than in most similar areas. Only 47.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 8.0%, well above the New South Wales average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state level at 43.4%. This helps explain why the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most other areas.
8.0% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.4% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common industry at 20.8%. Construction and transport and warehousing both follow at 13.2%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most common occupation here at 28.3%. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 20.8% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 17.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Jerseyville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12031/jerseyville/topic/employment