0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Basalt
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for those employed in Basalt, where 81.3% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most areas, there is currently no unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the 5.1% national figure. However, only 57.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
57.1% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
81.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 84.5%
- 2016: 78.6%
- 2021: 81.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 85.7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by managers, who make up 50.9% of occupations, followed by labourers at 26.8%.
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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/employment