2.8% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Menangle · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Menangle
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Menangle than in the rest of the country. Only 30.1% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped sharply by 39 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is far below the national figure at 30.1%. While the unemployment rate is a little below the state average at 2.8%, full-time employment has fallen 10 points since 2011 to reach 50.3%.
30.1% ▼ -56.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 16.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.2%, with managers making up 14.6% 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 Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121075/menangle/topic/employment