2.4% ▼ -58.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nashua · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nashua
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up 31% of the workforce in Nashua, making it the most common occupation in the area. While a similar number of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state average, full-time employment is notably lower here than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 59.9% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate of 2.4% is lower than both the state and national figures. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 51.6%.
59.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 19.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.9% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of managers, professionals account for 25.4% of jobs. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 12.7%, with technicians, trades, and labourers each making up 7.9%.
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 Nashua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12923/nashua/topic/employment