4.4% ▲ —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Poruma Island · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Poruma Island
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small workforce drives daily life on Poruma Island, where nearly 44% of employed people work in public administration and safety. While full-time employment is steady, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 61.1% national figure. For those employed, the unemployment rate is 4.4%, about the same as the national rate of 5.1%.
54.8% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry, employing 43.9% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 19.7% and education at 15.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is spread across several roles, with managers, clerical staff, and labourers each making up 18.2% of occupations.
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 Poruma Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32355/poruma-island/topic/employment