10.1% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Urbenville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Urbenville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few changes have hit the local workforce in Urbenville, but the area now faces a tough job market. While full-time work is common for those employed, the town has a very high unemployment rate of 10.1%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales average. Among those in the workforce, 59.3% have full-time jobs, which is slightly above the state average.
38.4% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Urbenville is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance, with 22.0% of people in each. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 19.8%, followed by labourers at 15.4%. Community and personal service workers and machinery operators both make up 14.3% of the local workforce.
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 Urbenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14075/urbenville/topic/employment