0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Werai · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Werai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than a quarter of workers in Werai are managers, reflecting a workforce skewed toward leadership and professional roles. This small community has a very high number of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This strong activity is mirrored by a 0.0% unemployment rate, well below both the state and national averages.
65.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry here at 18.6%, followed by education and training at 16.9% and professional and technical services at 15.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles make up 22.0% of the local workforce, while technicians and trades account for 10.2% and clerical or administrative roles make up 6.8%.
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 Werai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14246/werai/topic/employment