| Employment in Singleton | |||||||||||||||||
| Singleton provided a total labour force (people working or seeking work) of around 9,800 people in 2001 (6,000 men and 3,800 women), an increase of 70 or 1% since 1996. This labour force represented 67% of the working-age population (aged 15+), a rate higher than NSW's 62%. | |||||||||||||||||
| The unemployment rate amongst Singleton's workforce in mid-2001 was 5.6% when NSW's was 7.2%. From 1996 to 2001, the male unemployment rate decreased from 5.6% to 4.6% while the female unemployment rate fell from 9.0% to 7.1%. | |||||||||||||||||
| Among male workers, 78% were employed full-time and 13% employed part-time. Unemployment rates ranged from 9% of those aged 15–19 years and 7% of those 20–24 years to 2% of those aged 65+ years and 3% of those aged 35–44 years. | |||||||||||||||||
| Among female workers, only 40% were employed full-time with 50% working part-time. Unemployment rates ranged from 15% of those aged 15–19 years and 14% of those 20–24 years, to none of those aged 65+ years and 3% of those aged 55–64 years. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Employment status | Sing'n's men, 2001 | Sing'n's women, 2001 | Singleton 2001 | change since 1996 | NSW 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Employed full-time | 4,701 | 78% | 1,521 | 40% | 6,222 | 63% | (down 230) | 61% | |||||||||
| Employed part-time | 808 | 13% | 1,903 | 50% | 2,711 | 28% | (up 299) | 29% | |||||||||
| Employed, not stated | 212 | 4% | 109 | 3% | 321 | 3% | (up 118) | 3% | |||||||||
| Total employed | 5,721 | 95% | 3,533 | 93% | 9,254 | 94% | (up 187) | 93% | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 277 | 4.6% | 272 | 7.1% | 549 | 5.6% | (down 117) | 7% | |||||||||
| Total labour force | 5,998 | 100% | 3,805 | 100% | 9,803 | 100% | (up 70) | 100% | |||||||||
| Not in the labour force | 1,586 | 3,201 | 4,787 | (up 110) | |||||||||||||
| not stated | 331 | 332 | 663 | (up 252) | |||||||||||||
| Total population aged 15+ | 7,915 | 7,338 | 15,253 | (up 432) | |||||||||||||
| Labour force participation rate | 79% | 54% | 67% | 62% | |||||||||||||
| Unemployment and workforce participation, by age | Unemployment rates | % in the labour force | |||||||||||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 1996 | 2001 | 1996 | 2001 | 1996 | 2001 | 1996 | ||||||||||
| 15–19 years | 9% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 62% | 63% | 59% | 57% | |||||||||
| 20–24 years | 7% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 93% | 95% | 74% | 73% | |||||||||
| 25–34 years | 4% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 94% | 96% | 60% | 58% | |||||||||
| 35–44 years | 3% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 94% | 96% | 68% | 67% | |||||||||
| 45–54 years | 4% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 90% | 91% | 65% | 61% | |||||||||
| 55–64 years | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 63% | 70% | 36% | 29% | |||||||||
| 65+ years | 2% | 5% | nil | nil | 19% | 18% | 8% | 6% | |||||||||
| All aged 15+ | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 79% | 82% | 54% | 52% | |||||||||
| The labour force participation rate excludes those whose participation was not stated. Tables exclude overseas visitors. Unemployment and labour force participation rates which had risen markedly since 1996 are bold and shaded light green; rates markedly lower are bold and shaded darker orange. | |||||||||||||||||
| The industries where Singleton works | |||||||||||||||||
| The industry providing the most Singleton residents with work in 2001 was mining, which employed some 1,400 people – 23% of men and 3% of women in Singleton's workforce. The next largest employers were retail trade (about 1,200 workers), manufacturing (about 740) and government or defence (about 700). | |||||||||||||||||
| Between 1996 and 2001, the fastest growing industries amongst Singleton workers were manufacturing (up 293), retail trade (up 143), accommodation or restaurants (up 102) and wholesale trade (up 79). There were fewer workers in mining (down 269) and government or defence (down 225). | |||||||||||||||||
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differences in the workforce's industries from NSW were:* larger proportions in mining (16% in Singleton compared with 0.54% in NSW); government or defence (7.6% v. 3.8%); and agriculture, forestry and fishing (6.8% v. 3.4%); * smaller proportions in property and business services (7% v. 12%); manufacturing (8.0% v. 11.5%); and health and community services (6.0% v. 9.4%). |
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| Industries | number of workers | change since 1996 | % of men | % of women | % of Sing'n 2001 1996 |
% of NSW | |||||||||||
| mining | 1,435 | (down 269) | 23% | 3% | 16% | 19% | 1% | ||||||||||
| retail trade | 1,196 | (up 143) | 9% | 20% | 13% | 12% | 14% | ||||||||||
| manufacturing | 742 | (up 293) | 10% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 12% | ||||||||||
| government or defence | 700 | (down 225) | 10% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 4% | ||||||||||
| property and business services | 643 | (up 73) | 6% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 12% | ||||||||||
| agriculture, forestry and fishing | 628 | (down 87) | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 3% | ||||||||||
| construction | 625 | (up 22) | 9% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||||||||||
| health and community services | 552 | (down 8) | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 9% | ||||||||||
| wholesale trade | 517 | (up 79) | 7% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 6% | ||||||||||
| accommodation or restaurants | 458 | (up 102) | 2% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 5% | ||||||||||
| education | 428 | (up 45) | 2% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 7% | ||||||||||
| transport and storage | 304 | (up 32) | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | ||||||||||
| electricity, gas and water | 260 | (down 31) | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | ||||||||||
| personal and other services | 221 | (down 7) | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||||||||||
| finance and insurance | 147 | (up 2) | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 5% | ||||||||||
| cultural and recreational services | 117 | (up 52) | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | ||||||||||
| communication services | 61 | (down 11) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | ||||||||||
| not clear | 208 | (down 37) | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | ||||||||||
| all industries | 9,242 | (up 168) | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||
| Percentages notably high compared with NSW are bold and shaded light green; lower percentages are shaded darker orange. Overseas visitors excluded | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupations in Singleton | |||||||||||||||||
| The most common type of occupation in Singleton in 2001 was tradespeople with some 1,800 people or 20% of the local workforce, followed by machinists and drivers (around 1,400), clerical / service workers (about 1,100) and professionals (about 1,000). | |||||||||||||||||
| The biggest occupational differences between the sexes were that
men were much more likely to work as tradespeople (30% of men but 4% of the
women), machinists and drivers (24% of men; 2% of the women) and managers
(12% of men; 6% of the women). Women were more likely to work in clerical / service workers (26% of women but 4% of the men), assistants (16% of women; 3% of the men) and senior service workers (8% of women; 0% of the men). |
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| Since 1996, the occupations in Singleton whose workforce share
grew most were clerical / service workers, up by 1.2%, labourers, up 1.0% and
assistants, up 0.7%. The fastest declining occupations were managers, down by
0.8%, machinists and drivers, down 0.8%, and professionals, down 0.7%. Note that 'managers' includes farmers and small business operators. |
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| Occupations | number of people | change since 1996 | % men in Sing'n | % women in Sing'n | 2001 % in Sing'n | 1996 % in Sing'n | 2001 % in NSW | Sing'n's variation | |||||||||
| managers | 886 | (down 53) | 12% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 0% more | |||||||||
| professionals | 1,022 | (down 40) | 9% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 19% | 8% fewer | |||||||||
| technicians | 897 | (up 23) | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 2% fewer | |||||||||
| tradespeople | 1,840 | (up 31) | 30% | 4% | 20% | 20% | 12% | 8% more | |||||||||
| senior service workers | 289 | (down 22) | 0% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% fewer | |||||||||
| clerical / service workers | 1,129 | (up 127) | 4% | 26% | 12% | 11% | 17% | 4% fewer | |||||||||
| machinists and drivers | 1,438 | (down 41) | 24% | 2% | 16% | 16% | 8% | 8% more | |||||||||
| assistants | 705 | (up 82) | 3% | 16% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 2% fewer | |||||||||
| labourers | 872 | (up 104) | 9% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 1% more | |||||||||
| unclear | 176 | (down 27) | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% fewer | |||||||||
| All occupations | 9,254 | (up 184) | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||
| Percentages that are high compared with NSW atre bold and shaded light green; low percentages are shaded darker orange. Overseas visitors excluded | |||||||||||||||||
| Singleton's employment trends | |||||||||||||||||
| The bubble-charts below show the relative importance of various industries and occupations to employment in Singleton compared with NSW. In the top chart, each industry is listed in order of employment size, indicated by the size of its bubble. The second chart shows occupations. The higher the bubble, the faster that sector grew, relative to others in Singleton, between 1996 and 2001. The further to the right the bubble, the larger was that sector in Singleton relative to NSW. A 'stable' area's pattern would be a series of concentric circles. A diagonal pattern of bubbles from bottom left to top right, with the larger upper-right bubbles (representing many people), indicates that employment diversity was decreasing and the population was becoming more homogeneous. | |||||||||||||||||
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