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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Business
Matthew Kelly

The changing face of work in the Lower Hunter

Lower Hunter-based professional and information services jobs now outnumber those in the goods generation sectors of mining and manufacturing.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the proportion of knowledge-producing jobs in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie steadily increased from about seven per cent to nine per cent between 1999 and 2023

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