0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Obi Obi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Obi Obi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment means everyone who wants a job has one in Obi Obi. However, this is a place where far fewer adults work or look for work than in most other areas, with only 53.9% participating in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, at 49.5%, which is nearly 10 percentage points lower than both the state and national averages.
53.9% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.5% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 17.6%, followed by construction at 12.1% and education and training at 9.9%. Other notable industries include manufacturing and agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 18.7%. Professionals and technicians and trades workers are equally common at 15.4% each, while managers and clerical staff both account for 13.2% 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 Obi Obi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32216/obi-obi/topic/employment