Cessnock · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Cessnock

Name: Jobs & Industry in Cessnock — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Cessnock, where 15.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The local job market is fairly typical for the state, though the proportion of adults working or looking for work has dropped noticeably over the last decade.

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📍 Cessnock, State Electorate

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Around 59.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure and represents a 6.5 point drop since 2011. Full-time employment sits at 58.1%, while the unemployment rate of 5.0% is about the same as the state and national figures.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance leads local employment at 15.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.0% and construction at 9.4%. Other significant employers include accommodation and food services at 7.9% and manufacturing at 7.5%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Cessnock — Health care & social assistance leads at 16%, ahead of Retail trade (10%) and Construction (10%).

Health care & social assistance 15.6% Retail trade 10.0% Construction 9.4% Accommodation & food 7.9% Manufacturing 7.5% Mining 7.2% Education & training 6.3% Public administration & safety 5.1% Other services 4.6% Administrative & support 4.4%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.6%, professionals at 13.2%, and labourers at 12.1%.

Occupations people work in

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Cessnock splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (18%) and Community & personal service (14%), with Professionals at 13%.

Technicians & trades 17.8% Community & personal service 13.6% Professionals 13.2% Labourers 12.1% Clerical & administrative 11.5% Machinery operators & drivers 11.2% Managers 9.6% Sales workers 9.1%

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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10017/cessnock/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Cessnock	5.0%
Rest of NSW	4.6%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Cessnock sits — Unemployment rate