0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Western Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Western Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common in Western Flat than in the rest of the country. This small community sees 78.1% of its workforce in full-time roles, creating a highly active local economy where almost every single adult is either working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 67.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 0.0%, well below both the state and national averages.
67.6% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.5%
- 2016: 74.2%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
78.1% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 78.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 68.8% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 15.6%, while wholesale trade and other services each account for 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Half of the local workforce are managers, which is a very high proportion. Other common roles include labourers at 14.1%, with professionals, technicians, and community service workers each making up 9.4% of occupations.
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 Western Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41574/western-flat/topic/employment