8.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Repentance Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Repentance Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 8.3% is well above the national figure in Repentance Creek. This sparsely populated area sees far fewer adults working or looking for work than most similar places. Only 48.0% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people here work full-time compared to most areas, at 54.5%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0% and the national figure of 58.9%.
48.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the biggest employer, making up 34.1% of jobs. Other common industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.6%, and construction and administration both at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, each accounting for 22.7% of workers. Labourers follow at 15.9%, while technicians and trades make up 13.6% of 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 Repentance Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13365/repentance-creek/topic/employment