4.4% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newmarket · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newmarket
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Newmarket than the national figure, with 72.7% in the labour force. This creates a busy professional hub where over a third of workers are professionals. The local workforce is active and largely employed in high-skill roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 72.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the 61.1% national figure. While the unemployment rate of 4.4% is higher than most areas, full-time employment sits at 59.4%, roughly the same as Queensland and Australia.
72.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.8%. Education and training, accommodation and food, and retail trade also employ significant numbers of local residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 37.8%, followed by managers at 13.5%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff, community and personal service workers, and technicians or tradespeople.
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 Newmarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32135/newmarket/topic/employment