1.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Illowa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Illowa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people work full-time in Illowa than in most similar areas, although a higher proportion of adults are in the workforce. This reflects a local economy where 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, but full-time roles are far less common than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little more than six in ten adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian average. While full-time employment is far below the state rate at 48%, the unemployment rate is very low at just 1.9%.
64.4% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.0% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 20.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.2%. Other main employers include retail trade and education.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.7%, with managers and technicians and trades workers also making up a large share of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Illowa
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Illowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21228/illowa/topic/employment