36.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 36.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pukatja · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pukatja
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the biggest employer in Pukatja, where 34% of workers are in this field. While those who do have jobs are more likely to work full-time than in most areas, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is very low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is mirrored by a very high unemployment rate of 36.4%, which is far above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
41.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in a few areas, with health care and social assistance employing 16% of people and other services making up 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 32.1%, followed closely by professionals at 30.2% and managers at 17.9%.
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 Pukatja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41222/pukatja/topic/employment