6.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Minimbah · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only half of the adults in Minimbah are working or looking for work. This is a low level of employment for the area, and the 6.8% unemployment rate is much higher than in most similar places.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure, with only 44.7% of residents in these roles. This helps explain why just 50% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales average.
6.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with accommodation and food services being the most common at 14.1%, followed by education and health care at 10.6% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or trades people are the most common roles here, each making up 15.3% of workers, while sales workers account for 11.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Minimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12647/minimbah/topic/employment