0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drummond North · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment sets Drummond North apart from most similar areas. While the number of adults working or looking for work is around the middle for its level, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the 5.1% national figure. However, only 52.5% of the population is employed full-time, a figure well below the 58.9% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
60.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.8%. Manufacturing and construction both account for 10.9% of the workforce, while agriculture, forestry and fishing make up 8.9%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large portion of the workforce holds high-level roles, with managers making up 25.7% and professionals accounting for 23.8%. Technicians and trades workers make up 12.9% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Drummond North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20799/drummond-north/topic/employment