4.9% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Middleton Grange · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Middleton Grange
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Middleton Grange, where 12% of people are employed in that sector. The area has a working rate of 61.6%, which is slightly higher than the New South Wales figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the state average. However, full-time employment at 55% is well below the national figure, and the unemployment rate of 4.9% is higher than most similar areas.
61.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 71.6%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 12%. Education and training follow at 9.8%, while retail trade, construction, and public administration all sit between 8% and 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.1%, followed by clerical and administrative positions at 17.2%. Managers, technicians and trades, and community service workers make up the rest of the most frequent roles.
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 Middleton Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12618/middleton-grange/topic/employment