6.9% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Patonga · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Patonga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Patonga compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is 25 percentage points below the national figure. This shift is part of a longer trend, as the number of people working full-time has dropped by 12 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.9%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.9% and higher than most similar areas. However, this is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 11.1%.
36.2% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.7% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Patonga are education and training at 13.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.3% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.8%, with managers accounting for another 17.6%. Labourers are the third most common group at 11.8%.
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 Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122108/patonga/topic/employment