5.2% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maitland
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 Maitland than in the rest of the country. Only 47.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is a gap of about 14 percentage points compared to both South Australia and the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 55.4%. While the unemployment rate is 5.2%, this is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
47.4% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary industry here, employing 28.3% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.4%, with education and training making up 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.1%. Other common roles include labourers at 12.6%, and technicians, trades, and community service workers who each account for 12% of the workforce.
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40808/maitland/topic/employment