4.5% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Medowie · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Medowie
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 Medowie, where 13.9% of the workforce is found in this field. The area has seen a significant increase in the number of adults working or looking for work, which rose by 9.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 60.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure and lower than it was in 2011.
60.7% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the local workforce is largely employed in public administration and safety (11.4%), construction (11.2%), and retail trade (8.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 18.6%, followed by professionals at 14.7% and community and personal service workers at 13.5%.
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 Medowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1020/medowie/topic/employment