More people in Dubbo are working in the health industry than any other occupation, according to the latest census data.
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On Monday the Australian Bureau of Statistics released information from the census on employment.
In the 2830 postcode, two-thirds of people (62.8 per cent) were working full-time in 2016. Another 26.8 per cent of people were employeed part-time.
The unemployment level was at 5.4 per cent in the city, lower than the Australian average of 6.9 per cent.
The health industry is the most common employer.
One in twenty people in Dubbo (4.8 per cent) are working in a hospital. Primary education workers account for the second highest, followed by other social assistance services and takeaway food services.
Census program manager Bindi Kindermann said the in the week leading up to census night, the average Australian worked 34.6 hours per week, down from 35.1 in 2011.
Females worked an average of 30 hours of paid work per week, whereas males worked 39 hours.
“According to the Census, 56 per cent of women in Australia were employed in 2016, compared with 65 per cent of men. Compare this to 1966 and we see that the proportion of men employed was 83 per cent while for women it was 34 per cent,” Ms Kindermann said.
In Dubbo, the majority of employed people (43.8 per cent) worked 40 hours or more in a week.
The median weekly income for people aged 15-years and over is $689. The average Dubbo household is bringing in $1344.
Unsurprisingly, 80 per cent of people travelled to work by car on census day, either as a driver (73.4 per cent) or as a passenger (6.4 per cent). More people worked from home than walked to work.
Ms Kindermann said the data also showed the traditional split had continued when it came to domestic chores.
“The census counted that almost one-fifth of women working full-time were likely to undertake at least 15 hours of unpaid domestic work a week, compared to eight per cent of men,” she said.