0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Drillham South · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 70.7% of the workforce in Drillham South. This is a place where nearly everyone who can work does, with a very high proportion of full-time roles and no one currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 77.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is a little above the national average at 61%, and the unemployment rate is well below the state figure at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
77.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily reliant on the land, with 70.7% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Retail trade and health care and social assistance each make up 9.8% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workers here are managers, accounting for 51.2% of all jobs. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.6%, while professionals, sales workers, and labourers each make up 12.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Drillham South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30879/drillham-south/topic/employment