0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Digby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Digby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 31% of workers in Digby are managers, making it the most common job role in the area. This small workforce is marked by a very low number of people looking for work, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Of those employed, 58.1% are in full-time roles, a result that is about the same as the Australian average.
44.3% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry here, employing 27.9% of the workforce. Manufacturing, transport, and health care each account for 9.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 30.2% of the local workforce. Other common roles include community and personal service workers and labourers, who each represent 9.3% of occupations.
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 Digby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20753/digby/topic/employment