0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quambone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quambone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is much more common in Quambone than in most similar areas, though far fewer adults are working or looking for work overall. This small community has a very strong employment rate, with no one currently unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work—far below the national figure of 61.1%—those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. At 63.6%, this is well above the New South Wales rate of 58%.
47.4% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 63.6% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 18.2% and professional and technical services at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most workers are managers (40.9%) or labourers (31.8%). Clerical and administrative roles make up 13.6% of jobs, while 6.8% work as machinery operators and drivers.
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 Quambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13300/quambone/topic/employment