0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gurley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gurley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong reliance on the land shapes daily life in Gurley, where over half of the workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. While the typical full-time employment rate is about the same as the state figure, the area is sparsely populated with a very low percentage of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, sitting well below both the state and Australian averages.
54.6% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 50.5% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include construction at 12.8% and transport and warehousing at 6.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.2%, followed by labourers at 21.1% and machinery operators and drivers 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 Gurley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11824/gurley/topic/employment