4.0% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northampton · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Northampton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Northampton than in most similar areas. Only 49.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is low at 4.0%, full-time employment has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 52.5%, a figure that has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
49.5% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in the area, with 22.7% of workers in this field. Accommodation and food services follow at 13.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.6%, followed by labourers at 17.8% and technicians and trades at 10.9%.
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56790/northampton/topic/employment