0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Walker Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Walker Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 40% of adults in Walker Flat are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a sparsely populated area where the workforce is much smaller than in most other parts of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure at 47.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national rates.
40.0% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.1% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 17.6%. Manufacturing and retail trade each account for 11.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%, followed by managers at 14.7%. Community and personal service workers and clerical staff each represent 11.8% 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 Walker Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41513/walker-flat/topic/employment