0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Didcot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Didcot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all working residents in Didcot are employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This primary industry anchors the local economy, though the area has a much lower proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is far below the state average at 44.8%, the unemployment rate is very low at 0.0%.
54.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.8% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 72.7%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant employer at 48.3%, followed by mining at 17.2% and health care and social assistance at 13.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 31.0%, followed by labourers at 27.6% and managers at 24.1%.
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 Didcot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30842/didcot/topic/employment