Balranald · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Balranald

Name: Jobs & Industry in Balranald — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Full-time work is common in Balranald, where 62.2% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is much higher than most similar areas and has climbed 13 points since 2011. While these stable jobs are plenty, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is lower than the state and national figures.

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📍 Balranald, Urban Centre

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 52.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the national rate and has fallen 3.7 points since 2011.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 16.0%. Other major industries include health care and social assistance (13.3%), along with public administration, safety, education and training, which each employ 10.3% of people.

Industries people work in

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Balranald splits fairly evenly between Agriculture, forestry & fishing (17%) and Health care & social assistance (14%), with Public administration & safety at 11%.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing 16.0% Health care & social assistance 13.3% Public administration & safety 10.3% Education & training 10.3% Retail trade 8.2% Accommodation & food 6.6% Construction 6.2% Manufacturing 5.5% Transport & warehousing 5.5% Other services 3.7%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.9%, and both technicians and trades and machinery operators at 13.5% each.

Occupations people work in

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Balranald splits fairly evenly between Labourers (17%) and Community & personal service (15%), with Technicians & trades at 14%.

Labourers 16.7% Community & personal service 14.9% Technicians & trades 13.5% Machinery operators & drivers 13.5% Managers 12.8% Professionals 12.4% Clerical & administrative 9.4% Sales workers 5.5%

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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115005/balranald/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Balranald	4.6%
2715, NSW	3.8%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Balranald sits — Unemployment rate