11.5% ▲ +226.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yetman · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yetman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all workers in Yetman are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. While full-time employment is well above the national figure, the area struggles with a very high unemployment rate and a low number of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 11.5%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Only 50.3% of adults are working or looking for work, though 63.4% of those employed are in full-time roles.
50.3% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 47.9%. Other common sectors include transport and warehousing at 9.9%, followed by public administration, safety, health care, and social assistance at 8.5% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.4%. Labourers account for 16.9% of the workforce, while machinery operators and drivers make up 15.5%.
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 Yetman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14532/yetman/topic/employment