6.5% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goodger · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goodger
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the top employer in Goodger, where 16.1% of the workforce is employed in these fields. The area faces some challenges with a 6.5% unemployment rate, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is about the same as the national average. However, the unemployment rate is a little above both the state and national figures.
60.8% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming, the local workforce is spread across health care and social assistance at 12.9%, while retail trade and food services both employ 11.8% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%, followed by labourers at 15.1% and community and personal service workers at 11.8%.
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 Goodger [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31186/goodger/topic/employment