0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Paaratte · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high workforce participation rate defines Paaratte, where 82.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure, and the area currently reports no unemployment.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 60.9%, and the local unemployment rate is well below the Australian average at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
82.1% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily tied to the land, with 60.9% of the workforce employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of workers are managers (56.5%), while sales workers and labourers each make up 17.4% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Paaratte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22025/paaratte/topic/employment