8.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ulmarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ulmarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Ulmarra, where 15.6% of people are employed. This employment landscape is marked by a low number of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. Local unemployment is also significantly higher than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. This is consistent with a high unemployment rate of 8.6%, which is well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
50.2% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 13.5%, agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.8%, and public administration and safety at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%, followed by technicians and trades at 15.3% and community and personal service workers at 14.9%.
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 Ulmarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14022/ulmarra/topic/employment