4.3% ▲ —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yetholme · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yetholme
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the national figure, only 57.7% of adults in Yetholme are working or looking for work. This suggests a smaller share of the local adult population is active in the workforce compared to most other Australian areas. Employment here is spread across a wide variety of sectors and roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.1% of residents have full-time jobs, which is roughly the same as the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national rates.
57.7% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in Yetholme is health care and social assistance at 14.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.5%. Professional and technical services also make up a significant slice of the local economy at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common role at 18.8%, with managers and professionals following closely at 17.9% and 16.1% respectively.
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 Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/employment