0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Scotts Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Scotts Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Half of the workforce in Scotts Flat is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This makes it a highly active working area where the typical resident is employed full-time, and the unemployment rate is 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 71.1% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, and full-time employment is far higher than the state average at 90.9%.
71.1% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 83.9%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
90.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 90.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 50.0% and mining at 40.9%, with retail trade making up 13.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are managers at 31.8% and machinery operators and drivers at 27.3%, followed by sales workers at 22.7%.
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 Scotts Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13522/scotts-flat/topic/employment