4.8% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Macquarie · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Port Macquarie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Port Macquarie than in most similar areas. Only 53.1% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped by 14 percentage points since 2011. This reflects a local job market that is much smaller than the national norm.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen sharply to 54.1% since 2011, leaving the area well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
53.1% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
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 22.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and education and training at 10.4%. Other major industries include accommodation and food services and construction.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.5%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.6% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.0%.
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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1028/port-macquarie/topic/employment