Carnarvon · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Carnarvon

Name: Jobs & Industry in Carnarvon — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Fewer adults in Carnarvon are working or looking for work than in 2011, with this figure falling to 56.0%. Despite this, full-time employment remains a strong feature of the local economy, and the area relies heavily on the agriculture and fishing sectors.

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📍 Carnarvon, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 65.6%, though this fell 3.5 points since 2011. Overall, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, while the unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of Australia at 4.8%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Carnarvon, making up 18.0% of the workforce. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 11.1%, and retail trade at 9.2%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Carnarvon — Agriculture, forestry & fishing leads at 19%, ahead of Health care & social assistance (12%) and Retail trade (10%).

Agriculture, forestry & fishing 18.0% Health care & social assistance 11.1% Retail trade 9.2% Education & training 8.2% Public administration & safety 8.1% Accommodation & food 7.9% Construction 6.4% Transport & warehousing 5.2% Mining 5.0% Administrative & support 4.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.7%. This is followed by labourers at 14.4% and professionals at 12.4%, with community and personal service workers and technicians and trades each making up around 12% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Carnarvon — Managers leads at 20%, ahead of Labourers (15%) and Professionals (13%).

Managers 19.7% Labourers 14.4% Professionals 12.4% Community & personal service 12.2% Technicians & trades 12.1% Clerical & administrative 11.8% Sales workers 8.2% Machinery operators & drivers 7.5%

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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51540/carnarvon/topic/employment

Carnarvon	4.8%
Rest of WA	4.2%
Western Australia	5.1%
Australia	5.1%

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