0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallanbah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallanbah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment marks the current job market in Wallanbah, where a huge share of the workforce is tied to the land. While nearly 40% of workers are in agriculture, the area has a much smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state and national averages, sitting at just 42.9%.
56.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 39.3% of workers. Other common employers include health care and social assistance at 17.9% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and machinery operators and drivers, who each make up 25% of occupations. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 17.9%.
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 Wallanbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14124/wallanbah/topic/employment