3.6% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orange · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Orange
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong full-time employment rate of 63.4% defines the workforce in Orange. This is well above both the state and national figures, reflecting a stable job market for the local community.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales rate. The unemployment rate is a little below the national figure, sitting at 3.6%.
61.9% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 63.4%
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 21.0%, followed by retail trade at 9.7% and education and training at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.6%. Technicians and trades follow at 14.5%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 13.2% of jobs.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13103/orange/topic/employment