3.4% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Whitton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Whitton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Whitton, with 28.2% of the workforce in this sector. While many of the residents who are working are in full-time roles, a small overall proportion of the adult population is actually working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are often in stable roles, with 67.2% working full-time—well above the New South Wales average of 58.0%.
50.7% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.2% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on the primary and secondary sectors, with 28.2% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 17.4% in manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and labourers are the most common roles in the area, each making up around 21% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 14.4%.
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 Whitton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14297/whitton/topic/employment