3.1% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balranald · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Balranald
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong reliance on farming defines daily work in Balranald, where over a third of the workforce is employed in agriculture. This is a place of stable employment, with an unemployment rate of 3.1% which is much lower than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 64.6% of the workforce in full-time roles, well above the national figure of 58.9%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen since 2011 to 56.4%, which is well below the Australian average.
56.4% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant employer, accounting for 33.9% of jobs. Other key industries include health care and social assistance at 9.7%, and education and training at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.5%, followed by labourers at 17.0%. Technicians and trades people account for 11.0% of the local workforce.
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10300/balranald/topic/employment