6.3% ▲ +66.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alloway · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alloway
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ more than a third of workers in Alloway, making it the dominant industry here. While full-time work is more common than in most areas, the unemployment rate is much higher than in similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is a little above the state average at 61.6%, yet the unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is much higher than most areas.
61.0% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 35.4% of workers. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 13.1% and retail trade at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%, followed by labourers at 19%. Technicians, trades, and machinery operators each account for 11% of the 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 Alloway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30042/alloway/topic/employment