10.6% ▲ +670.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
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Jobs & Industry in Price
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a job in Price is tougher than in most parts of the country, with only 37.1% of adults working or looking for work. This low activity level is paired with an unemployment rate of 10.6%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is uncommon here; only 47.5% of residents hold these roles, which is far below the Australian average of 58.9%. This helps explain why the overall number of people working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas.
37.1% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.5% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 16.9%, followed by retail trade at 13.6% and transport and warehousing at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Hands-on roles dominate the local workforce, with technicians and trades making up 23.7% of jobs. Machinery operators and drivers (20.3%) and labourers (18.6%) also make up a large part of the workforce.
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 Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41218/price/topic/employment