0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nericon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nericon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment has remained strong in Nericon, where an impressive 66.2% of adults are currently working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, and the local unemployment rate has dropped to a striking 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is very active, with full-time employment at 64.0%, which is well above both the state (58.0%) and national (58.9%) figures.
66.2% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.3%
- 2016: 70.2%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 20.9% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.9% and manufacturing at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.6%, while machinery operators, drivers and labourers each account for 13.7% of the local 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 Nericon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12936/nericon/topic/employment