0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pigeon Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pigeon Ponds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and forestry employ 80% of the workforce in Pigeon Ponds. It is a place where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, though the typical full-time employment rate is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 74.1% of the population, which is far above the 61.1% national figure. Despite this, full-time work is less common than in most areas, though the unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0.0%.
74.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 91.3%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily concentrated in one sector, with 80% of people working in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most of the workforce are managers, who make up 55% of the total, while labourers account for 45%.
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 Pigeon Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22070/pigeon-ponds/topic/employment