1.3% ▼ -67.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maroota
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 1.3% defines the job market in Maroota, where more adults are working or looking for work than in the state or national averages. While the area has a strong overall workforce, full-time employment is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average, sitting at 52.0%.
62.8% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.4%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Maroota is heavily split between two main sectors, with 17.6% of people in construction and 17.2% in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manager roles are the most common occupation at 23.3%, followed by technicians and trades who make up 19.6% 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 Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12510/maroota/topic/employment