0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Porters Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Porters Retreat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has become the dominant way of working in Porters Retreat, with 89.3% of workers in full-time roles. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While the workforce is small, it is remarkably stable with no one currently unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time positions.
51.8% ▲ +81.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
89.3% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 89.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Half of the local workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include manufacturing at 14.3%, and both education and health care at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.1%, followed by labourers at 25.0% and professionals at 21.4%.
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 Porters Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13261/porters-retreat/topic/employment