7.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pingelly · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Pingelly
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Pingelly than they were in 2011. This is a small workforce where agriculture is the primary employer for many residents, though the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a drop of 5 percentage points since 2011, while the unemployment rate has stayed steady at 7.3%.
49.1% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 37.3% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance is the next biggest sector at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%. Other common roles include labourers at 15.1% and technicians and trades workers at 13.6%.
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 Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57140/pingelly/topic/employment