0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ulan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ulan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the dominant employer in Ulan, with over 63% of the workforce in this industry. While the unemployment rate is a remarkably low 0.0%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 34.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Despite this, those in the workforce are mostly in full-time roles at 59.1%.
34.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining leads the local workforce at 63.6%, followed by accommodation and food services at 22.7% and health care and social assistance at 18.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common at 40.9%, while 31.8% of workers are managers and 27.3% are machinery operators and drivers.
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 Ulan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14020/ulan/topic/employment