0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Arthur River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A complete lack of unemployment marks the workforce in Arthur River, where 0.0% of people are jobless. This is well below the 5.1% rate seen across both Western Australia and the rest of the country. The area has a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 72.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is lower than most areas at 56.4%, sitting well below the state average.
72.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.4%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 72.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 56.4%
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 79.5% of the workforce. Other roles are mainly in education and training at 15.4% and public administration and safety at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are managers at 48.7%. Other common roles include labourers at 15.4%, with professionals, technicians, and clerical staff each making up 7.7% of jobs.
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 Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50030/arthur-river/topic/employment