4.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cassilis · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cassilis
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much more common in Cassilis than in most other areas, with 67.8% of the workforce in permanent roles. While this is well above the national figure, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is quite low at 57.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is 57.3%, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, unemployment is relatively low at 4.0%, sitting a little below the national rate.
57.3% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.8% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 57.0% of the local workforce. Other notable sectors include education and training at 9.1%, followed by mining and health care at 6.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a very large portion of the local workforce at 44.6%. Labourers are the next most common group at 16.5%, while professionals account for 10.7% of jobs.
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 Cassilis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10843/cassilis/topic/employment