2.8% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newstead · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Newstead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than six in ten adults are working or looking for work in Newstead, reflecting a local workforce that is significantly smaller than the state average. While the unemployment rate is very low at 2.8%, full-time employment has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time work is also far below the state average at 46.0%, though the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 2.8%.
52.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.0% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.7%, followed by retail trade at 12.2%. Other notable employers include manufacturing at 9.4% and education and training at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 21.6%. Technicians and trades workers make up 15.1% of the workforce, while managers account for 14.4%.
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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221054/newstead/topic/employment