0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ootha · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ootha
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment levels have remained exceptionally strong in Ootha, where 67.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure, with a full-time employment rate of 71.4% and no one currently recorded as unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 67.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high activity is reflected in the 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
67.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
More than half the workforce, 52.4%, works in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other main industries include professional and technical services at 23.8% and education and training at 19.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%. Professionals and labourers each account for 14.3% 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 Ootha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13100/ootha/topic/employment