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Glen Innes · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Glen Innes

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

A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Glen Innes compared to most areas, at just 43.7%. This decline is part of a wider shift in the local job market, where full-time employment has fallen and the unemployment rate has climbed to 7.8%.

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📍 Glen Innes, Urban Centre

Where Glen Innes sits — Unemployment rate

7.8% ▲ +95.9%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Glen Innes — higher than 79% of areas.

Glen Innes7.8%
2370, NSW 6.2%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in the rest of the state, and the 7.8% unemployment rate is a little above the national figure. Full-time employment has also dropped significantly, falling 8.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 52.6%.

Unemployment rate

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7.8% ▲ +95.9%

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

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

Labour-force participation

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43.7% ▼ -39.1%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

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

Employed full-time

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52.6% ▼ -13.5%

Lower than 69% of urban centre 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 16%, followed by retail trade at 11.7% and public administration and safety at 10.8%. Other common industries include accommodation and food services at 9.9% and education and training at 7.7%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common jobs are in community and personal services (15.2%) and as labourers (15.1%). Other frequent roles include technicians and trades at 13.8%, professionals at 13.2%, and clerical and administrative work at 12%.

Occupations people work in

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Glen Innes splits fairly evenly between Community & personal service (16%) and Labourers (15%), with Technicians & trades at 14%.

Community & personal service 15.2% Labourers 15.1% Technicians & trades 13.8% Professionals 13.2% Clerical & administrative 12.0% Sales workers 11.7% Managers 9.7% Machinery operators & drivers 7.0%

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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114011/glen-innes/topic/employment