0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Prairie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Prairie than in most similar areas, with 78.9% of the adult population in the labour force. This reflects a highly active workforce where full-time employment is the norm and unemployment is non-existent.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the national figure, with 80.0% of workers in full-time roles. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
78.9% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 76.7%
- 2021: 78.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.0% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 84.8%
- 2016: 89.3%
- 2021: 80.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily reliant on the land, with 70.0% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 10.0% and construction at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Half of the workforce are managers, making it the most common occupation. Labourers make up 24.3%, followed by technicians and trades at 11.4%.
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 Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32358/prairie/topic/employment