4.3% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Morpeth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Morpeth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Morpeth than in most similar areas. Only 45% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low level of employment is the defining feature of the local workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure at 53.2%. While few adults are working, the unemployment rate of 4.3% is about the same as the state and national figures.
45.0% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.8%, followed by education and training at 10.5% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 25.7%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.5% and community and personal service workers at 12.7%.
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 Morpeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12738/morpeth/topic/employment