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+).
Pura Pura · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge gap exists between Pura Pura and the rest of the country, with a working rate of just 47.6% compared to the national figure of 61.1%. While fewer adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed do so overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the national figure at 70%, and the area has a lower unemployment rate than most places, sitting at 0.0%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victorian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.6% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is entirely concentrated in one sector, with 100% of employed residents working in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most of these agricultural roles are in leadership, with 60% of workers as managers, while machinery operators and labourers each make up 15% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pura Pura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22125/pura-pura/topic/employment