5.5% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Delungra · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Delungra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A jump in full-time employment of 20 percentage points since 2011 marks a shift in the workforce for Delungra. However, the area remains sparsely populated with a small number of working residents, and the proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment rose to 53.6%, this remains well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%.
40.6% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with retail trade and health care and social assistance both accounting for 14.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are in community and personal service at 22.6%, followed by labourers who make up 20.2% 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 Delungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122051/delungra/topic/employment