6.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blair Athol
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of adults in Blair Athol are working or looking for work, with 64.1% active in the labour force. While many residents hold professional roles, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 64.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the state and national figures. However, the unemployment rate is 6.5%, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 5.1%.
64.1% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 17.5%, followed by manufacturing at 10.1% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation for 23.2% of workers, while 16.2% work in clerical and administrative positions.
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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10399/blair-athol/topic/employment