4.2% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Newington, where 23.6% of employees work in this sector. The local workforce is largely professional and administrative, with around 60.6% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 56.2%, a little below both the state and national averages.
60.6% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, many locals work in education and training (15.6%), followed by construction (8.1%), retail trade (7.1%), and accommodation and food services (7.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.3%. Other common roles include managers (13.5%) and clerical and administrative staff (11.6%).
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/employment