0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Obley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Obley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is common for those employed in Obley, where 66.7% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%, though the overall number of adults working or looking for work is quite low for the area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While only 55.3% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is much lower than most similar areas.
55.3% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.3%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 73.3%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 35.7% of the workforce, followed by construction and health care and social assistance, which both account for 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are very common here, with 42.9% of workers as managers, while 19% are professionals and 16.7% are labourers.
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 Obley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13080/obley/topic/employment