4.6% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yelta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yelta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Yelta are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This is the most common industry for the area, where 60% of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is higher than in most similar areas, with 60% of the population working full-time. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
60.3% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest industry at 19.3%, followed by construction at 14.5%. Other notable sectors include manufacturing and health care, which both account for 9.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.6%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.2%, while professionals and labourers both make up 13.8% of the local workforce.
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 Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/employment