0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Horton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Horton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate marks the workforce in Upper Horton, where job security is exceptionally high. Most of the local economy is built on farming and management, with full-time employment levels far exceeding both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 76.7%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. While 58.6% of adults are working or looking for work—about the same as the state—the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%.
58.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.7% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 76.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, with 76.7% of the workforce employed in these industries. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 8.3% and education and training at 6.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers, making up 51.7% of all occupations. Labourers account for 21.7%, followed by community and personal service workers at 13.3%.
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 Upper Horton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14047/upper-horton/topic/employment