3.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Scone Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Scone Surrounds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much more common in Scone Surrounds than across the state, with 63.9% of the workforce in these roles. The area is defined by a strong reliance on primary industries and a very low unemployment rate of just 3.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas, the proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen to 59.3%. Full-time employment remains well above the national figure, though it has dipped 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
59.3% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.9% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 63.9%
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 24.1% of the workforce. Mining is also a major employer at 11.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation group at 18.8%. Other significant roles include technicians and trades at 16.9%, labourers at 16.0%, and machinery operators and drivers at 14.0%.
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 Scone Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041129/scone-surrounds/topic/employment