0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Perisher Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Perisher Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Perisher Valley than in most similar areas, with 80.9% of the adult population in the labour force. This high activity is matched by an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 80.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment is also a little above the national average at 60.8%.
80.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily concentrated in one sector, with 70.3% of people working in accommodation and food services. Finance and insurance follow at 5.4%, while arts and recreation account for 4.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 40.5%, followed by labourers at 29.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 9.5% and machinery operators at 6.8%.
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 Perisher Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13199/perisher-valley/topic/employment