11.7% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ulong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ulong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 11.7% marks the current job market in Ulong. This is well above the national figure, and the area has far fewer adults working or looking for work than most other similar places. It is a small workforce where typical employment patterns differ sharply from the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest levels for areas like this. Full-time employment is also far below the New South Wales figure, sitting at 47.9%.
41.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.9% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training being the most common at 15.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.1%, while managers account for 18.3% of the local 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 Ulong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14023/ulong/topic/employment