2.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Melonba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Melonba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 80% of adults in Melonba are working or looking for work, a rate far above the national figure. This is a highly active workforce where full-time employment is very common. Most people here have steady jobs, reflected in an unemployment rate of just 2.7%, which is lower than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is 79.5%, far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Full-time employment is also very high at 72.4%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the national average.
79.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
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, employing 17.5% of the workforce. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services at 11.2% and finance and insurance at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation, accounting for 33.6% of the workforce. This is followed by clerical and administrative workers at 15.7% and managers at 11.5%.
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 Melonba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12573/melonba/topic/employment