Nyngan · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Nyngan

Name: Jobs & Industry in Nyngan — 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 employment has surged by 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 66.3% in Nyngan. This high level of stable work means the area now has a much higher share of full-time employees than the state and national figures. It is a productive hub where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas.

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📍 Nyngan, Urban Centre

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much higher than most similar areas. This stability is reflected in the unemployment rate, which fell by 5.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 4.2%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Mining is the largest employer in Nyngan at 19.6%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%. Other key industries include public administration and safety at 9.7% and retail trade at 7.9%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Nyngan — Mining leads at 21%, ahead of Education & training (13%) and Health care & social assistance (12%).

Mining 19.6% Education & training 12.5% Health care & social assistance 11.2% Public administration & safety 9.7% Retail trade 7.9% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 7.5% Accommodation & food 5.7% Construction 4.6% Transport & warehousing 3.7% Administrative & support 3.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The most common jobs are machinery operators and drivers at 16.1%, closely followed by professionals at 15.8%. Technicians and trades make up 14.7% of the workforce, while labourers and community service workers each account for around 13%.

Occupations people work in

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Nyngan splits fairly evenly between Machinery operators & drivers (17%) and Professionals (16%), with Technicians & trades at 15%.

Machinery operators & drivers 16.1% Professionals 15.8% Technicians & trades 14.7% Labourers 13.8% Community & personal service 13.1% Managers 10.3% Clerical & administrative 8.3% Sales workers 5.2%

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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/employment

Nyngan	4.2%
2825, NSW	3.6%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

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