9.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Reids Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Reids Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly two thirds of the workforce in Reids Flat work in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This heavy reliance on the land defines the local economy, though the area faces a higher-than-usual unemployment rate of 9.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 65.6% of people employed full-time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
61.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 65.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Almost half of the workers are managers at 46.9%, while labourers make up 28.1% and community and personal service workers account for 15.6%.
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 Reids Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13360/reids-flat/topic/employment