0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Matong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Matong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Matong compared to the rest of the country. While only 48.5% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles, with a notable 58.7% of the workforce tied to agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 61.9%, sitting well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
48.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 58.7% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are managers, who make up 42.9% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 15.9% and professionals at 11.1%.
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 Matong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12533/matong/topic/employment