0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pooncarie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pooncarie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local economy is evident in Pooncarie, where full-time employment is now far more common than in the rest of the country. This is a small workforce where almost 80% of people work full-time, and notably, there is no recorded unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work—which is well below the national figure—those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. This 79% full-time rate is far above the New South Wales figure of 58%.
56.4% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
79.0% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.7%
- 2016: 84.3%
- 2021: 79.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local work is dominated by the land and earth, with 41% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Mining is also a major employer, accounting for 28% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workers are managers, making up 48% of the local workforce. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 19%, and technicians and trades at 16%.
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 Pooncarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13254/pooncarie/topic/employment