0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wattle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wattle Bank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working patterns in Wattle Bank have shifted since 2011, with the area now seeing a much higher proportion of adults in the workforce. While 65.6% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the state and national figures. However, full-time work is less common here than in most areas, at 49.2%.
65.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 24.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, while 21.4% are technicians or tradespeople. Community and personal service roles make up 13.5% of occupations.
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 Wattle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22724/wattle-bank/topic/employment