3.6% ▲ +140.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Jerrys Plains · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Jerrys Plains
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of full-time work defines daily life in Jerrys Plains, where 68.9% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The area is a productive hub where far more adults are working or looking for work than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 73.8% of adults active in the labour force, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
73.8% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 73.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.9% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 71.2%
- 2021: 68.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on the land and earth, with 39.8% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and another 16.8% in mining.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 23%, followed by managers at 19.3% and technicians and trades people at 17.6%.
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 Jerrys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12030/jerrys-plains/topic/employment