2.1% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dungowan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dungowan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry for people working in Dungowan, where 17.8% of the workforce is employed in these fields. This area has a very strong employment rate, with far more people working or looking for work than in the typical Australian community.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is high in Dungowan, where 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work. Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 67.0%, and the unemployment rate is very low at just 2.1%.
65.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 73.5%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from farming and forestry, health care and social assistance is the next largest employer at 12.6%. Construction (9.4%) and public administration and safety (7.9%) also provide a significant number of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers in Dungowan is a manager, making up 25.1% of all occupations. This is followed by technicians and trades at 13.6% and clerical and administrative roles at 12.0%.
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 Dungowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11324/dungowan/topic/employment