0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Weemelah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Weemelah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults in Weemelah are working or looking for work compared to the national figure. While only 51.5% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles, and there is currently no unemployment in the area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 65.8%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 51.5%, well below the national figure of 61.1%.
51.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.3%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by the land, with 63.2% of the workforce employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Education and training accounts for another 7.9% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.8%, followed by labourers at 18.4%. Professionals, clerical and administrative staff, and machinery operators each account for 10.5% 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 Weemelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14230/weemelah/topic/employment