12.6% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Argents Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Argents Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Argents Hill, where 30.4% of the workforce is in these fields. The area faces significant job challenges, with a very high unemployment rate of 12.6% compared to the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the state figure, with only 53.2% of the population in full-time roles.
51.5% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.7%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from farming and forestry, the largest industries are retail trade and health care, each employing 13.9% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%, followed by community and personal service workers at 17.7%.
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 Argents Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10080/argents-hill/topic/employment