3.7% ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Trangie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Trangie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common in Trangie than in the rest of the country, with 70% of the workforce in full-time roles. While these roles are steady, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most similar areas. This creates a local job market where a small but highly committed workforce supports the town.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, unemployment is a little below the state and national rates, sitting at 3.7%.
51.8% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.0% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 31.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include education and training at 11.4% and health care and social assistance at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.3%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 14.4% and labourers at 12.6%.
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 Trangie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13950/trangie/topic/employment