11.1% ▲ +314.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goodnight · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goodnight
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of full-time workers are found in Goodnight compared to the rest of the state. While 86.2% of the local workforce is employed full-time, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 11.1%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. This low level of participation sits alongside an unemployment rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
44.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
86.2% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 86.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 41.4% of the workforce, while manufacturing accounts for 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the local workers, 51.7%, are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 17.2% and labourers at 13.8%.
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 Goodnight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11707/goodnight/topic/employment