5.9% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sarina Range · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sarina Range
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Sarina Range compared to the national figure. This is a workforce where 60.8% of people are employed full-time, which is slightly above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate higher than most similar areas. However, the unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than in most other areas.
63.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.8% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in Mining (20.8%) and Agriculture, forestry and fishing (19.2%), followed by Transport and warehousing at 17.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 22.4%, while Technicians and trades account for another 20.0%.
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 Sarina Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32520/sarina-range/topic/employment