7.5% ▲ +46.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Navarre · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Navarre
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 41.7% of the workforce in Navarre is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This reliance on farming is paired with a low number of adults working or looking for work, who make up only 43.5% of the population.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also well below the Australian average at 50%, while the unemployment rate is a little above the national 5.1% at 7.5%.
43.5% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
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 41.7% of people. Other employers include education and training at 11.1%, followed by manufacturing and health care at 8.3% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a third of the workforce at 33.3%, with labourers following closely at 30.6%. Technicians and tradespeople account for another 19.4% of the local jobs.
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 Navarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21902/navarre/topic/employment