4.3% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yerong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yerong Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yerong Creek compared to the rest of the country. While only 47.4% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles. This creates a distinct employment profile that sits well above the state and national figures for full-time work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 47.4%, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is common here, with 62.2% of the workforce in full-time roles, well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
47.4% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 37.8% of the local workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 14.1%, with transport and warehousing accounting for 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 11.9%, while technicians, trades and labourers each make up 11.1% of occupations.
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 Yerong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14526/yerong-creek/topic/employment