1.9% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waitpinga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waitpinga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the most common industries for people in Waitpinga, where 22.6% of the workforce is employed in these fields. The area is sparsely populated and has a small workforce, with a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than usual at 43.4%, though the unemployment rate is very low at 1.9%.
50.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.4% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming and fishing, the most common industries are health care and social assistance at 14.5%, followed by education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are managers, and 21.4% are professionals, making these the most common roles alongside labourers at 13.2%.
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 Waitpinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41512/waitpinga/topic/employment