0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate defines the current job market in Mead, where nearly two-thirds of adults are working or looking for work. This high level of activity is much higher than the national figure, with a workforce heavily concentrated in farming and management.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 64.4% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. This strong participation is paired with no unemployment, a result well below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
64.4% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 69.6% of the workforce. Retail trade follows at 14.3%, while public administration and safety accounts for 7.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the local workforce are managers, making up 51.8% of occupations. Labourers represent 17.9%, while professionals and machinery operators both account for 8.9%.
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 Mead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21633/mead/topic/employment