1.8% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Puckapunyal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Puckapunyal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of the workforce is in full-time roles now than in previous years, with 83.3% of workers employed full-time in Puckapunyal. This makes it a place where most adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is very low at just 1.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 83.9%, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also very common, sitting at 83.3% compared to 58.9% across Australia.
83.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.1%
- 2016: 78.8%
- 2021: 83.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
83.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.1%
- 2016: 81.4%
- 2021: 83.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry here, employing 77.9% of the workforce. Other smaller sectors include health care and social assistance at 5.7% and education and training at 2.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 41.0%, followed by managers at 19.1%. Professionals account for 12.8% of roles, while machinery operators and drivers make up 10.9%.
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 Puckapunyal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22124/puckapunyal/topic/employment