4.8% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Primbee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Primbee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Primbee, where 16.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a place where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most similar areas, with a typical full-time employment rate well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 53.9%, while the 4.8% unemployment rate is about the same as the national figure.
51.8% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance at 16.7%, followed by construction at 11% and education and training at 10.4%. Other common industries include retail trade and accommodation and food services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.8%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 15.1% of jobs, while community and personal service workers make up 11.8%.
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 Primbee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13276/primbee/topic/employment