5.4% ▼ -50.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yeoval · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yeoval
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry for Yeoval, where nearly 31% of the workforce is employed. While full-time work is common here, a much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are more likely to be full-time, at 63.2%, well above the New South Wales average of 58%.
48.0% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.2% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 30.4% of the workforce. Other key sectors include education and training at 13.6% and health care and social assistance at 12%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%, followed closely by labourers at 17.6%. Managers, community and personal service workers, and machinery operators also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
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 Yeoval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14525/yeoval/topic/employment