0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Packsaddle · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A staggering 100% of employed residents in Packsaddle work full-time. This sparsely populated area has a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas. It is a small workforce where almost everyone is employed, and there is currently no unemployment.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
72.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in the primary sector, with 88.9% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. A small number of residents, around 8.3%, work in health care and social assistance.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are the most common occupation here, accounting for 75% of the workforce. Other roles are less frequent, with 11.1% in sales and 8.3% working as labourers.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Packsaddle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13125/packsaddle/topic/employment