0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pata · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pata
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 15 percentage point gap separates Pata from the state average in full-time employment, where 72.1% of the workforce holds a full-time role. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most areas, those who are employed tend to have very secure, stable positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, though the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure at 54.7%. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
54.7% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 72.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 44.2% of the local workforce. Other services make up 14.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 39.5%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 25.6%. Machinery operators and drivers make up 18.6% of roles, with clerical and administrative staff at 16.3%.
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 Pata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41122/pata/topic/employment