4.5% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yanco · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yanco
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Daily life in Yanco is shaped by a workforce largely tied to physical and industrial roles. Only 51.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. This suggests a significant portion of the local adult population is not active in the job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, those who are employed are typically in full-time roles. This rate is 58.2%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
51.5% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the biggest employer here at 18.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.9%. Education and training also make up a significant slice of the local workforce at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Physical work is common in Yanco, where 30.4% of workers are labourers and 12.9% operate machinery or drive. Professionals make up 11.8% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 11.1%.
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 Yanco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14478/yanco/topic/employment