2.5% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newman · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Newman than in most similar areas. The town has a very strong employment market, where 77.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with a rate of 68.3% which is well above the Australian figure. This strong activity is matched by a low unemployment rate of 2.5%, which is a little below both the state and national levels.
68.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 68.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.2%
- 2016: 79.7%
- 2021: 77.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry in Newman, accounting for 45.9% of jobs. Other common sectors include construction at 8.4% and accommodation and food services at 5.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward technical roles, with technicians and trades making up 27.6% of jobs and machinery operators and drivers accounting for another 25.1%.
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 Newman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51111/newman/topic/employment