4.7% ▼ -51.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Evans Head · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Evans Head
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 Evans Head than in most similar areas. Only 46.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a place where a small proportion of the population is employed, though the unemployment rate is about the same as the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 51.8%, while the unemployment rate sits at 4.7%.
46.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.3%, followed by education and training at 14.3%. Construction and accommodation and food services both employ around 11% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%. Community and personal service workers follow at 15.8%, while labourers and managers each account for over 12% of the local workforce.
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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11472/evans-head/topic/employment