11.5% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ardlethan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ardlethan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 36.9% of the workforce in Ardlethan, making it the dominant industry. While full-time work is more common here than in most areas, a far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Unemployment is also very high at 11.5%, well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
43.4% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Primary production leads the local economy, with 36.9% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common fields include education and training at 10.2% and health care and social assistance at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 37.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers and sales workers, who each account for 9.6% of the workforce.
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 Ardlethan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10077/ardlethan/topic/employment