0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parraweena · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parraweena
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Parraweena has some of the highest employment rates in the region. Most of the local workforce is found in farming and management, with a remarkably high 81.6% of workers employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 73.1% of adults active in the labour force. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%, while the unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%.
73.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.2%
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 73.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
81.6% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 86.4%
- 2021: 81.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 63.2% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follow at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most common job, held by 42.1% of workers. Labourers make up 21.1% of the workforce, and professionals account for 10.5%.
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 Parraweena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13168/parraweena/topic/employment