6.3% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Macksville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Macksville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults work or look for work in North Macksville than in other similar areas. Only 42.7% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This low employment rate is paired with a local unemployment rate of 6.3%, which is a little above the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few residents have full-time roles, with only 50% employed full-time—well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. This contributes to a local unemployment rate of 6.3%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
42.7% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20%, followed by retail trade at 10.9% and accommodation and food services at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local workers are spread across various roles, with technicians and trades being the most common at 16.4%, while managers and labourers both make up 14.5% of the workforce.
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 Macksville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13006/north-macksville/topic/employment