2.6% ▼ -55.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wherrol Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wherrol Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wherrol Flat than in most similar areas. Only 55.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure. While the employment rate is low, the unemployment rate is also quite low at 2.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 48.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.9%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
55.1% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.2%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.3%, while managers are the next most common occupation at 20.3%.
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 Wherrol Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14288/wherrol-flat/topic/employment