14.1% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wells Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wells Crossing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A stark rise in joblessness has shaped the local economy in Wells Crossing. This sparsely populated area now faces an unemployment rate of 14.1%, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. Full-time employment is also low at 54.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
44.3% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 18.3%, followed by construction at 14.1% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are technicians and trades people (19.7%), while 16.9% work as labourers and 12.7% in community and personal services.
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 Wells Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14240/wells-crossing/topic/employment