9.1% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werris Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Werris Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Transport and warehousing is the biggest employer in Werris Creek, where 14.6% of workers are in this sector. While many residents hold steady full-time roles, the town faces a significant challenge with a high unemployment rate of 9.1%. This is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 56.8%, just a little below the national average.
43.8% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After transport, the most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 11.5%, followed by retail trade at 9.1% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The job market is led by machinery operators and drivers at 19.3%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (15.6%), labourers (14.6%), and technicians and tradespeople (14.0%).
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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14255/werris-creek/topic/employment