0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maimuru · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high workforce participation rate defines Maimuru, where 70.9% of adults are working or looking for work. This level of activity is far above both state and national figures, and it is paired with a rare 0.0% unemployment rate.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are in the workforce here than in most similar areas, sitting far above the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. Full-time employment for 58.6% of the population is about the same as the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agricultural, forestry and fishing work is the most common industry at 21.8%, followed by retail trade at 16.1% and construction at 10.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.4%, while sales workers, technicians, trades, and labourers each account for between 13.8% and 14.9% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Maimuru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12453/maimuru/topic/employment