6.4% ▲ +149.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Owen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Owen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Owen compared to the rest of the country. Only 56.5% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate of 6.4% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure, with only 50.9% of the population in full-time roles. This gap is significant, sitting 8 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
56.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer in the area at 28.7%. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.7% and transport and warehousing at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%. Labourers are the next most common occupation at 15.3%, followed by technicians, trades, and machinery operators at 12.5% each.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Owen
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Owen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41085/owen/topic/employment