2.4% ▲ +88.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallagoot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallagoot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working full-time in Wallagoot than in years gone by, though more adults are now working or looking for work. This shift is seen in a workforce where only 51.2% of people have full-time roles, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. Despite this, the area maintains a very strong employment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little more than 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national average. The unemployment rate is a low 2.4%, a little below both the state and national figures.
61.3% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.9%, followed by construction at 10.8% and retail trade at 9.4%. Education, training, accommodation and food also make up significant shares of local work.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (14.6%), managers (14.3%), and technicians and trades people (14.3%).
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 Wallagoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14121/wallagoot/topic/employment