3.0% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murrumbateman · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murrumbateman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a quarter of Murrumbateman workers are employed in public administration and safety. This is a highly active workforce where 74.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here at 66.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. This high level of activity is paired with a 3.0% unemployment rate, slightly lower than both the state and the nation.
74.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 73.8%
- 2021: 74.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.4% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer at 26.0%, followed by construction at 12.1%. Other common fields include professional and technical services and education and training, both at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 26.0%, followed by managers at 21.6%. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 14.7%, while technicians and trades account for 12.5% of the 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 Murrumbateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12871/murrumbateman/topic/employment