4.3% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Milbrodale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Milbrodale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in full-time work in Milbrodale than in the rest of the country. Only 48.6% of the population hold full-time roles, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.9%. This reflects a local workforce that is smaller and less engaged in steady full-time employment than typical Australian areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. While the unemployment rate of 4.3% is higher than most similar areas, it remains about the same as the New South Wales rate of 4.9%.
56.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 20%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.7%. Professional and technical roles make up 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 21.4%, with managers and technicians or trades workers both making up 20% 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 Milbrodale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12623/milbrodale/topic/employment