3.9% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
New Town · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in New Town
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in New Town than in most similar areas. Only 57% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While unemployment is low at 3.9%, full-time employment is also much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 51.7% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure well below both the state and national levels. This helps explain why the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is lower than in most similar areas.
57.0% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15%, followed by retail trade at 14% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work roles are varied, with technicians and trades workers making up the largest group at 17.5%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.2%.
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 New Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41026/new-town/topic/employment