4.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Culcairn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Culcairn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Culcairn than in most similar areas. Only 52.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the typical worker here is employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While only 52.1% of adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed full-time make up 58.5% of the population. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
52.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agricultural, forestry and fishing work is the most common industry here at 18.1%. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.1%, with education and training accounting for 10.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 17.2%, followed by technicians and trades workers at 15.4%. Professionals make up 14.3% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers and labourers both sit at 11.4%.
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 Culcairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11148/culcairn/topic/employment