5.5% ▼ -64.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Byangum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Byangum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Healthcare and social assistance is the biggest employer in Byangum, where 18.4% of the workforce is employed in that sector. This sparsely populated area has a small working population, with only 43% of adults working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, and full-time employment at 55.1% is well below the Australian figure. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is higher than most areas.
43.0% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Byangum is spread across several sectors, with 18.4% in health and social assistance, and 14.3% each in agriculture, forestry and fishing, as well as professional and technical services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.4%, followed by managers at 18.4%. Technicians, trades, and clerical workers each make up 16.3% 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 Byangum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10727/byangum/topic/employment