0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Dorrigo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Dorrigo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate defines the local workforce in North Dorrigo, where everyone who is working or looking for work has found a job. While this stability is high, only 51.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 55.8%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure. This is part of a wider trend where the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas.
51.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 33.8% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.0%, with construction accounting for 10.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 14.3%. Professionals and sales workers each represent 11.7% of the local 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 North Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12999/north-dorrigo/topic/employment