6.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dalcouth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dalcouth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Dalcouth compared to the rest of the country. Only 52.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a sparsely populated area where unemployment is also a little above the national rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 57.0%, a little below the 58.9% figure for Australia.
52.9% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 24.4%, followed by construction at 18.6% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly between technicians and trades, community and personal service, and labourers, who each make up 17.4% of jobs. Managers and professionals follow at 14.0% and 12.8% respectively.
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 Dalcouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30793/dalcouth/topic/employment