0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newcastle Waters · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newcastle Waters
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 33 percentage point gap separates the full-time employment rate in Newcastle Waters from the national figure. While few adults here are working or looking for work, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. This creates a unique job market where the unemployment rate is effectively zero.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Northern Territory and national figures. However, full-time employment is among the highest for similar areas at 91.7%, and the unemployment rate is 0.0%.
52.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 73.2%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
91.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.2%
- 2021: 91.7%
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 81.3% of the workforce. Education and training accounts for 14.6%, while public administration and safety makes up 6.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workers in the area are labourers, making up 54.2% of all occupations. Managers, professionals, and technicians and trades each account for 6.3% of the local 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 Newcastle Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70205/newcastle-waters/topic/employment