2.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orangeville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Orangeville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Orangeville than in most similar areas. While the employment rate is high, full-time work is much less common here than across the rest of the country. This creates a local job market where many people are active, but fewer hold traditional full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Despite this high activity, full-time employment at 52.5% is well below the national average, though the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian figure at 2.6%.
68.7% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.8%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 21.5% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 8.3%, followed by manufacturing and education at 8.0% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are clerical and administrative work at 19.0%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 18.7%. Professionals and managers also make up a large share of the local workforce, at 16.4% and 15.8% respectively.
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 Orangeville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13105/orangeville/topic/employment