2.1% ▲ —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallendbeen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallendbeen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 40% of the workforce in Wallendbeen is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This heavy reliance on the land shapes a local economy where most workers hold full-time roles and unemployment is very low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those in the workforce face little hardship, with an unemployment rate of 2.1% that is lower than both the state and national figures.
56.2% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 57.5%
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 39.6% of people. Other common sectors include transport and warehousing at 9%, and both retail and health care at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.9%. This is followed by labourers at 13.4% and professionals at 12.7%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 10.4% of 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 Wallendbeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14131/wallendbeen/topic/employment