1.5% ▼ -53.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Menangle · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Menangle
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 Menangle compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area has a very low unemployment rate of just 1.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of people employed full-time is 51.3%, which is well below both the state and national figures. This contributes to a total workforce participation rate that is much lower than most similar areas.
44.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 18.6%, followed by education and training at 13.8% and health care and social assistance at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 20.8%. Clerical and administrative work (17.2%) and managers (16.5%) also make up a large part of the local 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 Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12579/menangle/topic/employment