Mendooran · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Mendooran

Name: Jobs & Industry in Mendooran — 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.

Only 34.6% of adults in Mendooran are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This represents a sharp decline from 2011, as the local workforce has shrunk significantly over the last decade. The area is now marked by a much lower rate of full-time employment compared to most other regions.

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📍 Mendooran, Urban Centre

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The share of adults working or looking for work fell by 27 points since 2011 to 34.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment also dropped 20 points to 47.2%, while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.9%. Retail trade and education and training both follow at 11.1%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction each make up 9.7% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Mendooran splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (16%) and Retail trade (13%), with Education & training at 13%.

Health care & social assistance 13.9% Retail trade 11.1% Education & training 11.1% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 9.7% Construction 9.7% Transport & warehousing 9.7% Accommodation & food 6.9% Mining 4.2% Administrative & support 4.2% Other services 4.2%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 27.8%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.9%, followed by managers at 12.5% and machinery operators and drivers at 11.1%.

Occupations people work in

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In Mendooran, the largest group is Labourers at 29%, followed by Community & personal service (14%) and Managers (13%).

Labourers 27.8% Community & personal service 13.9% Managers 12.5% Machinery operators & drivers 11.1% Professionals 9.7% Sales workers 8.3% Technicians & trades 6.9% Clerical & administrative 6.9%

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 Mendooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122085/mendooran/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Mendooran	5.1%
2842, NSW	7.4%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Mendooran sits — Unemployment rate