0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Middlesex · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Middlesex
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Middlesex compared to most similar areas. This high activity is reflected in a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the state and national figures of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.0% of adults are in the workforce, a figure well above both the state (63.9%) and national (61.1%) levels. Full-time employment sits at 58.4%, which is about the same as the Australian average.
69.0% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 69.6%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 36.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 10.2%, and manufacturing and public administration at 8.0% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.1%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.9%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 12.4%.
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 Middlesex [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50945/middlesex/topic/employment