1.6% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Muscle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Muscle Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high rate of employment defines daily life in Muscle Creek, where 80.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure, with a small unemployment rate of just 1.6% making it a place where most people have a job.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 67.6% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
80.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.8%
- 2016: 79.5%
- 2021: 80.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for local workers, accounting for 32.4% of jobs. Retail trade and education follow at 9.0% and 8.5% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by machinery operators and drivers at 19.1%, followed by technicians and trades people who make up 17.0% of occupations.
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 Muscle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12878/muscle-creek/topic/employment