6.5% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wombat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wombat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working life in Wombat is defined by a strong reliance on the land and a high rate of full-time roles. While 67.3% of the workforce holds full-time positions—well above the national figure of 58.9%—fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 6.5%, which is a little above the national average of 5.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
55.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.3% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 27.4% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 13.3% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, while 18.6% work as labourers. Clerical and administrative roles make up 14.2% of occupations, followed by professionals at 10.6%.
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 Wombat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14382/wombat/topic/employment