7.2% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leumeah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leumeah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 7.2% unemployment rate in Leumeah is much higher than most similar areas. This suggests a tougher job market for residents, with far fewer adults working or looking for work compared to state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also low at 54.1%, falling well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%.
54.5% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 15.0%, followed by retail trade at 10.9% and manufacturing at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 17.4%. This is followed by clerical and administrative work at 13.9%, and machinery operators and drivers at 13.1%.
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 Leumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12317/leumeah/topic/employment