6.2% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stockinbingal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stockinbingal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Stockinbingal compared to the rest of the country. While 48.7% of adults are in the labour force, the area sees a high number of people employed full-time and a strong reliance on the farming industry.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 60.3%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
48.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 30.1% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 8.8% and retail trade at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.9%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 12.5%, followed by technicians, trades, and labourers who each account for 11.8%.
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 Stockinbingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13675/stockinbingal/topic/employment