3.1% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pomonal · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 23% of working locals in Pomonal are managers, the most common occupation in the area. While 63.5% of adults are working or looking for work—slightly above the national figure—full-time employment is far below the state and national averages.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is much lower than most areas, with only 46.6% of the workforce in these roles. However, the unemployment rate is 3.1%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
3.1% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
63.5% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.6% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.5%, followed by accommodation and food and public administration and safety, both at 12.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, professionals make up 18.1% of the workforce and labourers account for 16.1%. Technicians and trades people represent 11.4% of the local workers.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pomonal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22094/pomonal/topic/employment