0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shannons Flat · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 0% marks Shannons Flat as a place where everyone who wants a job has one. While only half of adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 80.6%, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. However, only 50% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate well below the New South Wales average of 58.7%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.0% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.6% ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with public administration and safety as the most common industry at 22.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 19.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles are common here, with managers making up 36.1% of workers and professionals accounting for 30.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Shannons Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13543/shannons-flat/topic/employment