8.1% ▼ -71.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Darkwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Darkwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Darkwood are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This local job market is marked by a high unemployment rate of 8.1%, well above the national average of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. Full-time employment is also far below the state figure, with only 35.2% of the population employed full-time.
44.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
35.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry here at 17.0%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.9% and health care and social assistance at 14.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.7%, while managers account for 18.2% and labourers make up 17.0% of occupations.
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 Darkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11211/darkwood/topic/employment