5.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wurdiboluc · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few changes have hit the workforce in Wurdiboluc since 2011, though employment remains quite low. Only 57.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at just 46.5%. This is consistent with the area's overall employment rate being well below the state figure.
5.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
57.5% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry at 16.9%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.0%, while managers account for another 25.4% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Wurdiboluc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22874/wurdiboluc/topic/employment