13.1% ▲ +395.4%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Uki · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Uki
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Uki than in most similar areas, with only 47.5% of adults in the workforce. This local job market is struggling, as the unemployment rate has climbed sharply to 13.1% since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is well above the national figure of 5.1%, while the share of adults working or looking for work is far below the New South Wales rate. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, though it rose slightly by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
47.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across various sectors, with accommodation and food services being the most common at 13.8%, followed by education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 21.3% and 20.0% of occupations respectively, while technicians and trades follow at 17.5%.
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 Uki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122143/uki/topic/employment