Illawarra manufacturing jobs fall by 36% in five years: census

Kate McIlwain
Updated October 23 2017 - 6:41pm, first published 6:30pm
Winners and losers: New census data shows how the Illawarra's workforce has shifted in the five years between 2011 and 2016.
Winners and losers: New census data shows how the Illawarra's workforce has shifted in the five years between 2011 and 2016.

The number of manufacturing workers in the Illawarra fell by 36 per cent in the five years to 2016, while the number of mining workers dropped by 16 per cent.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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