2.1% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Arthur · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in West Arthur
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 60.6% of workers in West Arthur are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, making it a deeply rural economy. While full-time work is more common here than in most areas, the proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is only 2.1%, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 62.7%, though this is 3 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
60.7% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Primary production dominates the local economy, with 60.6% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. The next most common sectors are education and training at 7.4%, and public administration and safety at 5.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the local workforce are managers, accounting for 51.9% of all jobs. Other common roles include labourers at 11.4%, professionals at 8.5%, and technicians and trades at 8.2%.
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 West Arthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58890/west-arthur/topic/employment