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Broken Hill · Urban Area

Jobs & Industry in Broken Hill

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A gap of over 9 percentage points separates Broken Hill from the national average in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While full-time employment is much higher than most areas, the overall number of people active in the labour force is well below the state and national figures.

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📍 Broken Hill, Urban Area

Where Broken Hill sits — Unemployment rate

5.5% ▼ -33.4%

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Broken Hill — higher than 73% of areas.

Broken Hill5.5%
2880, NSW 5.4%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 52.0% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. This is despite full-time employment being much higher than most areas at 61.7%, while unemployment has fallen to 5.5% since 2011.

Unemployment rate

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5.5% ▼ -33.4%

Higher than 73% of urban area areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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52.0% ▲ +3.3%

Lower than 79% of urban area areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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61.7% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 78% of urban area areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 21.8%, followed by mining at 11.0% and retail trade at 10.8%. Other main industries include accommodation and food services, and education and training.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals and community and personal service workers are the most common roles, each making up about 16% of the workforce. Technicians and trades people follow at 15.5%, with clerical staff and machinery operators also common.

Occupations people work in

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Broken Hill splits fairly evenly between Professionals (17%) and Community & personal service (17%), with Technicians & trades at 16%.

Professionals 16.5% Community & personal service 16.4% Technicians & trades 15.5% Clerical & administrative 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers 10.3% Labourers 10.2% Managers 9.4% Sales workers 8.9%

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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1007/broken-hill/topic/employment