1.9% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barrington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barrington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for workers in Barrington, where 15.9% of the workforce is employed in these fields. While few people are out of work, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is very low at 1.9%, well below both the state and national figures.
47.5% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.8% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.8% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.1%, with professionals at 15.3% and technicians and trades at 14.6% also representing significant shares of the local 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 Barrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10217/barrington/topic/employment