5.5% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murwillumbah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Murwillumbah, where 17.2% of workers are in this sector. The local job market faces challenges, with a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 51.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is reflected in a higher unemployment rate of 5.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
51.2% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 10.8% and education and training at 10.7%. Construction and accommodation and food services each employ 8.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 18.1%. Community and personal service workers and technicians and trades are also common, both sitting at 15.7%.
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/employment