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Wooyung · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Wooyung

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A high unemployment rate of 13.6% marks the local job market in Wooyung, which is well above the national figure. While many residents find steady work, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.

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📍 Wooyung, Suburb / Locality

Where Wooyung sits — Unemployment rate

13.6% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wooyung — higher than 95% of areas.

Wooyung13.6%
2483, NSW 5.4%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 53.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the NSW average of 58.7%. Full-time employment stands at 57.6%, which is about the same as the state average.

Unemployment rate

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13.6% —

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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53.2% —

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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57.6% —

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

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 22.0%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 20.3%. Construction also employs a significant 13.6% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Wooyung splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (27%) and Agriculture, forestry & fishing (25%), with Construction at 17%.

Health care & social assistance 22.0% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 20.3% Construction 13.6% Manufacturing 6.8% Retail trade 6.8% Administrative & support 6.8% Transport & warehousing 5.1%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The local workforce is split evenly between managers and community and personal service workers, who both make up 18.6% of occupations. Technicians and trades account for 16.9% of the jobs here.

Occupations people work in

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Wooyung splits fairly evenly between Managers (19%) and Community & personal service (19%), with Technicians & trades at 17%.

Managers 18.6% Community & personal service 18.6% Technicians & trades 16.9% Professionals 15.3% Sales workers 15.3% Clerical & administrative 6.8% Labourers 6.8%

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 Wooyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14436/wooyung/topic/employment