3.7% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pampoolah · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Pampoolah than in most similar areas. Only 46.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.7%, slightly lower than both the state and the country.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is at 54.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This contributes to a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
3.7% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
46.1% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers here are construction at 22.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.6% and education and training at 11.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are managers, making up 19.0% of the workforce. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.9% and labourers at 13.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pampoolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13153/pampoolah/topic/employment