0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Gum Creek from the national average in how many adults are working or looking for work. While a huge 87% of adults are active in the workforce, full-time employment is far below the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the state and national figures. However, only 40% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
87.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.0% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Gum Creek is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 30%. Retail trade follows at 25%, while health care and education each make up 20% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of workers are managers at 45%, followed by professionals and sales workers who each make up 25% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Gum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40541/gum-creek/topic/employment