2.7% ▼ -60.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Orara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Orara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Upper Orara, where 15.3% of employees work in this field. The local workforce is smaller than in most other areas, with only 57.6% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.8%. However, the unemployment rate is just 2.7%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
57.6% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the biggest employers are in construction (13.3%) and retail trade (10.5%). Education and training account for 9.4% of the workforce, while agriculture, forestry and fishing make up 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.8%, and managers at 13.8%.
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 Upper Orara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14059/upper-orara/topic/employment