0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Douglas
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkable 78.6% of adults in Douglas are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity is paired with a 0.0% unemployment rate, though full-time employment is far below the state average at 45.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%, full-time work is much less common here than in other areas, at just 45.5%.
78.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 82.0%
- 2021: 78.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.5% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.1%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in primary production, with 72.7% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workers in Douglas are managers, making up 56.8% of the local workforce, followed by labourers at 13.6%.
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20782/douglas/topic/employment