5.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Albury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Albury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in West Albury compared to the rest of the country. Only 53.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This stands in contrast to the 58.1% of residents who hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While full-time employment is about the same as the state average, the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
53.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here, making up 19.4% of the workforce. Other common industries include education and training at 11.0% and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.2%. Managers make up 13.5% of the workforce, followed closely by clerical and administrative workers at 13.2%.
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 West Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14256/west-albury/topic/employment