0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Main Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Main Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Main Creek, where 16.3% of the workforce is employed in this field. This sparsely populated area has a very low proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state average at 39.5%, though the unemployment rate is a very low 0.0%.
48.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.5% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the largest employer at 16.3%, followed by other services at 11.6%. Agriculture, construction, and retail trade each account for 9.3% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are evenly split between professionals, community and personal service workers, and machinery operators and drivers, each making up 18.6% of occupations. Managers and labourers each account for 14.0% of the 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 Main Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12455/main-creek/topic/employment