4.2% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Girvan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Girvan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the top industry for workers in Girvan, where 23.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While a very high 65.2% of working residents have full-time jobs, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate of 4.2% is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
40.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from farming and forestry, the main industries for residents are construction at 17.4%, health care and social assistance at 10.1%, and professional and technical services at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are for labourers, who make up 20.3% of workers, followed by community and personal service roles at 17.4%. Clerical staff and machinery operators each account for 13.0% 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 Girvan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11641/girvan/topic/employment