6.6% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manilla · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Manilla
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 Manilla compared to the rest of the country. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 6.6% since 2011, the proportion of people in the workforce remains much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 55.5%.
42.5% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 76.0%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
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 17.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service at 16.6%, with technicians and trades making up 16% and labourers accounting for 15.8% of the workforce.
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 Manilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115102/manilla/topic/employment