0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Savernake · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Half of all workers in Savernake are employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This rural area has a very high rate of adults working or looking for work, though far fewer people hold full-time roles compared to the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 88.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Australian figure of 61.1%. While unemployment is much lower than most areas at 0.0%, full-time employment is well below the national average at 52.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
88.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 50.0% of the workforce. Other sectors include health care and social assistance at 13.0%, and transport and warehousing at 8.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the local workforce are managers, accounting for 56.5% of jobs. Clerical and administrative roles make up 21.7%, while professionals account for 17.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Savernake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13511/savernake/topic/employment