2.4% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dalgety · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dalgety
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Dalgety are employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This rural focus is paired with a strong employment rate and a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Australian average. Full-time employment is high here at 60.3%, sitting a little above both the state and national figures.
61.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest industry at 19.8%. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.6%, and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 28.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 18.2% and labourers at 15.7%.
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 Dalgety [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11191/dalgety/topic/employment