5.2% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Andamooka · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Andamooka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the primary driver of work in Andamooka, where over a third of employed residents work in this industry. However, the area has a very low number of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, sitting at 52.8%.
48.9% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.7%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry at 35.8%, followed by education and training at 10.4%. Accommodation and food services, as well as administrative and support roles, each account for 9.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are machinery operators and drivers and labourers, who both make up 22.6% of the workforce. Technicians and tradespeople follow at 17.0%.
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 Andamooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40023/andamooka/topic/employment