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Singleton · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Singleton

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

A high percentage of adults in Singleton are working or looking for work, with 63.8% active in the labour force. This is well above the New South Wales and national figures, reflecting a community with very strong employment levels. The area is heavily driven by the mining industry and technical trades.

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📍 Singleton, Urban Centre

Where Singleton sits — Unemployment rate

4.7% ▼ -25.8%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Singleton — higher than 51% of areas.

Singleton4.7%
2330, NSW 4.1%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is much higher than most areas, with 62.5% of residents working full-time. This has risen 4.3 percentage points since 2011, while the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.

Unemployment rate

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4.7% ▼ -25.8%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

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

Labour-force participation

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63.8% ▲ +27.0%

Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.

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

Employed full-time

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62.5% ▲ +7.4%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 23.2% of the workforce. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 9.9%, followed by retail trade at 8.5% and accommodation and food services at 8.0%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The local workforce is strongly weighted toward technical and manual roles, with technicians and trades making up 18.2% of jobs and machinery operators and drivers at 17.5%. Professionals account for 12.3% of occupations.

Occupations people work in

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Singleton splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (19%) and Machinery operators & drivers (18%), with Professionals at 12%.

Technicians & trades 18.2% Machinery operators & drivers 17.5% Professionals 12.3% Community & personal service 11.7% Clerical & administrative 11.2% Labourers 10.3% Sales workers 8.7% Managers 8.3%

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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113014/singleton/topic/employment