4.8% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wakool · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wakool
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wakool than in the rest of the country, with only 49.3% in the labour force. This is a striking gap compared to the national figure of 61.1%. The area's economy is heavily tied to the land, with nearly 4 in 10 workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national figures, while the 4.8% unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of the country.
49.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 39.0% of the workforce. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.0% and construction at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.0%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.0%, labourers at 12.0%, and technicians and tradespeople at 11.0%.
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 Wakool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14108/wakool/topic/employment