0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sutherlands Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the largest group of workers in Sutherlands Creek, with 28.4% of the local workforce in this role. This sparsely populated area sees a very high number of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. It is a small workforce that currently faces no unemployment.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 74.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.0%, and the unemployment rate is well below the state and national figures at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
74.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.8%, followed by construction at 13.6% and manufacturing at 11.1%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, nearly one in five people work as professionals (19.8%). Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.8%, and clerical and administrative positions at 13.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Sutherlands Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22401/sutherlands-creek/topic/employment