0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buttai · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Buttai than in the rest of New South Wales. While 82.5% of adults are active in the labour force, the area is notable for having a 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below both state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of people working or looking for work is far above the national figure, yet full-time employment at 39.4% is far below the Australian average. This stands in contrast to the local unemployment rate, which is lower than most areas at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
82.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.4% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction, professional and technical services, and public administration and safety each accounting for 12.1% of jobs. Education and health care follow at 9.1% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 39.4%, followed by managers at 27.3%. Machinery operators and drivers represent 9.1% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Buttai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10722/buttai/topic/employment