7.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maitland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 6.2 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Maitland from the national figure. The area struggles more than most, with a much higher unemployment rate of 7.8% and a smaller share of full-time workers than typical Australian towns.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This is reflected in the local job market, where full-time employment is well below the national average at 53.9%.
54.9% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.6%, followed by retail trade at 11.4%. Other common industries include accommodation and food (8.8%) and construction and education (6.2% each).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.6%. Other frequent roles include community and personal service workers at 15.4% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.7%.
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12458/maitland/topic/employment