12.9% ▲ +219.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Premer · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Premer
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of full-time workers is found in Premer compared to the rest of the country. While 79.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 12.9%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 30.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national averages. However, for those who do have jobs, full-time employment is much more common here than in most other areas.
30.4% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
79.3% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 92.6%
- 2021: 79.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
More than half of the local workforce, 55.2%, works in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include manufacturing at 17.2% and health care and social assistance at 13.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Almost half of the workers in Premer are managers, accounting for 48.3% of occupations. The remaining workforce is split between technicians and trades, sales workers, and labourers, each making up between 13.8% and 17.2% of the total.
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 Premer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13271/premer/topic/employment