5.0% ▼ -43.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moorland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moorland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Moorland than in most similar areas. Only 55.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While this is a low rate of employment, the unemployment rate of 5.0% is about the same as the rest of Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the New South Wales figure. Among those employed, 57.0% work full-time, which is a little below the national average of 58.9%.
55.5% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.7%. Construction follows at 13.0%, while 9.4% of people work in retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 17.0%, closely followed by labourers at 16.6%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 13.9% and community and personal service workers at 13.5%.
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 Moorland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12725/moorland/topic/employment