0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eurongilly · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 71.4% of the workforce in Eurongilly. This sparsely populated area has a very high proportion of residents in full-time work, with almost everyone who is looking for a job currently employed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, with 70% of adults active in the workforce. Full-time employment is far above the national figure at 71.4%, and the unemployment rate is well below the Australian average at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily focused on primary production, with 71.4% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Education and training make up the next largest sector at 14.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workforce are managers, making up 57.1% of roles. Professionals and labourers each account for 11.9% of occupations, while machinery operators and drivers make up 9.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Eurongilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11469/eurongilly/topic/employment