11.8% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Delegate · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Delegate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a job is harder for many in Delegate, where the unemployment rate is now 11.8%. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. While full-time work has risen slightly since 2011, the overall number of adults working or looking for work has dropped significantly.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a steep fall from 2011, and the unemployment rate has climbed to 11.8%, making it much higher than most other areas.
38.6% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Delegate is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing, and education and training, both at 21.3%. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 14.8% and finance and insurance at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 23.0%. Managers, clerical and administrative staff, and machinery operators and drivers each account for 13.1% of the local 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 Delegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122050/delegate/topic/employment