0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Milroy · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 0.0% unemployment rate makes Milroy a place where almost every working-age resident has a job. While the area has a high proportion of adults working or looking for work, those who are employed are much less likely to be in full-time roles than the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 66.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 51.4% is well below the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
66.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 22.9%, followed by mining at 14.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 22.9%, with managers following at 20.0% and clerical or administrative staff at 17.1%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Milroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12638/milroy/topic/employment