0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Baroota · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much lower employment rates than most similar areas define Baroota, where only 47.1% of adults are working or looking for work. Despite this, the area is sparsely populated and has an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the Australian average, sitting at 55.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Half of the local workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, with other roles split between public administration and safety (20.0%) and health care (15.0%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up half of the local workers, while 35.0% work in community and personal services and 15.0% are labourers.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Baroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40076/baroota/topic/employment