5.7% ▲ +94.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arno Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Arno Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate of 5.7% than most similar areas marks the job market in Arno Bay. While agriculture is the primary employer, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 55.5%.
54.2% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for the area, employing 30.7% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 15.3%, while education and training accounts for 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 22.6%, followed closely by managers at 21.9% and labourers at 17.5%.
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 Arno Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40042/arno-bay/topic/employment