0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Womalilla · Suburb / Locality
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 Womalilla than in most similar areas. The local workforce is exceptionally strong, with a typical employment rate of 73.6% and no one currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 87.2%, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. This helps explain why the 73.6% of adults working or looking for work is much higher than in most other areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
73.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
87.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Two-thirds of the workforce here is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, with a further 15.4% working in education and training.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 41%, followed by sales workers at 15.4% and machinery operators and drivers at 12.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Womalilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33113/womalilla/topic/employment