7.0% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goodooga · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Goodooga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 30.3% of adults in Goodooga are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national averages. This suggests a community where a small minority of the adult population is engaged in the formal workforce, with full-time employment seeing a sharp decline over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell 14 points since 2011 to 44.4%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While the unemployment rate is a little above the national average at 7.0%, it has improved by 2.0 points since 2011.
30.3% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.4% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the main employer for the area, accounting for 38.9% of jobs. Public administration and safety also make up a significant share at 16.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 30.6%, followed by professionals at 25.0% and community and personal service workers at 16.7%.
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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122061/goodooga/topic/employment