4.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Utungun · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Utungun
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than a quarter of working residents in Utungun are managers, making it the most common occupation in the area. The local workforce is slightly smaller than the national average, with a small number of people currently looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.3%, a little below both the state and national averages.
56.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the biggest employer at 13.8%, followed by construction at 11.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, as well as health care and social assistance, each make up 9.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 25.3% of workers, while technicians and trades account for 18.4%. Labourers (16.1%), professionals (14.9%), and clerical staff (13.8%) also make up significant shares of the local jobs.
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 Utungun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14080/utungun/topic/employment