0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blackswamp · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blackswamp
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
One in four workers in Blackswamp is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This is a sparsely populated area where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is currently 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 68.6%. However, full-time employment is well below the national figure, sitting at 54.2%.
68.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 25.0%, followed closely by construction at 20.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation type at 25.0%, while technicians, sales workers and labourers each make up 20.8% 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 Blackswamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30280/blackswamp/topic/employment