2.6% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nangus · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nangus
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work has become the dominant trend in Nangus, where 63.6% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The local job market is strong, with an unemployment rate of 2.6% which is lower than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure slightly below the Australian average. However, those who are employed are more likely to be in secure roles, with full-time employment sitting well above New South Wales levels.
59.9% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary employer for 37.3% of the workforce. Other notable sectors include transport and warehousing at 9.1%, and health care and social assistance at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest share of local jobs at 35.5%. This is followed by labourers at 20.0% and technicians and trades people at 10.0%.
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 Nangus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12901/nangus/topic/employment